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Faria

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064764
MRDS ID TC39246
Record type Site
Current site name Faria
Alternate or previous names Fernan Paes Estate, Ore Body Se-Mata Virgem

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.85312, -20.02805 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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

  • SW OF HONORHO BICALHO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization (Inner Zone), Carbonitization (Intermediate Zone), Chloritization (Outer Zone)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Nova Lima Group
    Rock description Nova Lima Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.85312, -20.02805
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 50-70SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Nova Lima District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner French Co. , St. John Del Rey Mining Co.
    First year 1863

Comments on the production information

  • ORE(1) AND AU(1) INCLUDE YEARS 1940-41, 45, 46, AND 47.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1947
    Total resources 66000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10 g/mt Gold Major 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIEIRA, F.W.R., AND OLIVEIRA, G.A.I. DE, 1988, GEOLOGIA DO DISTRITO AURIFERO DE NOVA LIMA, MINAS GERAIS: PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITAS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, EDS., P. 378-391.

  • Deposit

    GAIR, J.E., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NOVA LIMA AND RIO ACIMA QUADRANGLES, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-A, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    VIEIRA, F.W.R., 1991, TEXTURES AND PROCESSES OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION IN THE NOVA LIMA GROUP, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, IN BRAZIL GOLD '91, E.A. LADEIRA, ED.: BALKEMA, ROTTERDAM, P. 319-325.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GAIR (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS MAINLY IN SCHIST, IRON FORMATION FORMS FOOTWALL
Deposit First Production Year: 1935, REGULAR PRODUCTION 1940

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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