Rio Picao

Occurrence in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Palladium, Gold

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	10039009
MRDS ID	M046517
Record type	Site
Current site name	Rio Picao
Alternate or previous names	Corrego Picao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-43.38228, -19.23084 (WGS84)
Relative position	NEAR MORRO DO PILAR

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

MAP COORDINATES AT MORRO DO PILAR

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Palladium Critical	Primary
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-43.38228, -19.23084	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Morro Pilar Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046517

Bibliographic references

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-1976	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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