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Santa Quitera

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Gold
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064776
MRDS ID TC39267
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Quitera
Alternate or previous names Includes No. 7 Drift, Joao Reba Mine No. 2, 4 Drifts, Jose Tapa Mine No. 5 Drift and Minas De Jambeiro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.44811, -19.9511 (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

  • USED MINE SYMBOL ON MAP, NEAR BARRA FELIZ

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Nova Lima Group;Nova Lima Group
    Rock description Nova Lima Group;Nova Lima Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.44811, -19.9511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name SANTA QUITERA
    General form PODS, VEINLETS
    Thickness 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Barbara District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sao Bento Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE FROM NO. 3 PRODUCED 60 TO 80 KG ORE/DAY WITH A GRADE OF 2.5-3.0 G/T AU IN 1934; MINAS DE JAMBEIRO SEEMS TO HAVE HAD 1.5 G/T AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 1000 M OF DRIFTS IN 1934

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS (1968)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COVERS AN AREA OF 4 SQUARE KM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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