Rio Mata Caualos

Prospect in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Nickel, Platinum, Chromium, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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 10038297
MRDS ID M045622
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Mata Caualos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.34034, -19.15195 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CONCEICAO

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
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHEMICAL ASSAY REVEALED THEORETICAL RANGE OF : FRACTION OF A GRAM TO 105G PER TON OF PT METALS IN BULLION. ALSO FOUND WERE 0.29% CR2O3, 0.16% NIO, AND TRACES OF ARSENIC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Serpentine Ore
Talc Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.34034, -19.15195

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3500M
    Width 310M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL SAND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Serie De Minas

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUIMARAES, D., 1961, BOL NO. 109 P. 182

  • Deposit

    BELEZKI, V. & GUIMARAES, D., 1959, MAP NO. 21, BOL NO. 106, P. 102

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Balcom, Raymond H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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