Serra Itacolomi

Occurrence in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Platinum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038303
MRDS ID	M045632
Record type	Site
Current site name	Serra Itacolomi
Alternate or previous names	Itacolumy Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-43.49894, -20.3808 (WGS84)
Relative position	IN A BROOK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ITACOLUMY MOUNTAINS NEAR OURO PRETO (QUIRING P.112)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Brazil	Minas Gerais

Comments on the location information

LOCATION PLOTTED AT OURO PRETO, SERRA DO ITACOLOMI AND PICO DO ITACOLOMI ARE S AND SE OF OURO PRETO

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-43.49894, -20.3808	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Ouro Preto Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045632

Bibliographic references

Deposit

QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE, 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG, STUTTGART, P. 112

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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