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Fazenda Das Lages

Occurrence in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Platinum, Gold, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038296
MRDS ID M045621
Record type Site
Current site name Fazenda Das Lages
Alternate or previous names Lages River, Corrego Das Lages

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.36923, -19.14473 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Relative position NEAR CONCEICAO (SERRA DO ESPINHAGO)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Minas Gerais

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Tourmaline Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result PLATINUM METAL SAMPLE AVERAGED: PT=83.57%, PD=3.33%,IR=2.42%, OS+IR=1.17%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.36923, -19.14473
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8.8M
    Length 1000M
    Width 1000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Serra Do Cipo

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMB, A.D., 1920, THE PT METALS: JOHN MURRAY LONDON, P. 52

  • Deposit

    VIEIRA DO CONTO, J., 1801

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, 1936, P. 104; BELEZKI, V. & GUIMARAES, D., 1959, MAP NO. 21, BOL. NO. 106, P. 102

  • Deposit

    HUSSAK, 1906, O PALLADIO E A PLATINA NO BRASIL: ANNAES DA ESCOLA DE MINAS DE OURO PRETO, NO. 8, P. 138.

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE, 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 113

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Balcom, Raymond H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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