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Rio Guanhaes

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039008
MRDS ID M046516
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Guanhaes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.99893, -18.9975 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF 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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED ON RIVER ABOUT MIDWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.99893, -18.9975
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STOCKLEY HAS GEOLOGIC MAP ; GEOL.DESC: DEPOSITS OCCUR IN WHITE SAND DEPOSITS, IN DESERTED CHANNELS OF LARGE RIVERS, DEPOSITS FLANKING PRESENT COURSE OF LARGE RIVERS, SMALL CREEK DEPOSITS RESULTING FROM EROSION AND REDEPOSITION, SMALL CREEK DEPOSITS NEAR THE HEAD OF LARGE RIVERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guanhaes District

Comments on the production information

  • 9 = POTARO (MAHDIA) + KONAWARUK AND MINNEHAHA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUSSAK, 1906, O PALLADIO E A PLATIN NO BRASIL: ANNAES DA ESCOLA DE MINAS DE OURO PRETO, NO. 18, 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-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

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