Fiandeira

Past Producer in Goias, Brazil with commodity Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062075
MRDS ID TC35273
Record type Site
Current site name Fiandeira

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -48.06129, -13.68495 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 350 KM NE OF GOIANA, 18 KM SW OF CAVALCANTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goias(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Goias

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Clay Gangue
Iron Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -48.06129, -13.68495

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Open Folds (Up To Several Km Across) With Wide Areas Of Horizontal Bedding, Trend N30w To N15e.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Limb Of Ne Trending Breached Anticline.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST DEPOSITS OCCUR NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN MASSIVE AND THIN-BEDDED QUARTZITE UNITS. AT BEDDING OR STEEP DIPPING JOINTS IN FIANDEIRA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cavalcante-Tocantins District

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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