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Veloso

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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064781
MRDS ID TC39274
Record type Site
Current site name Veloso

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.517, -20.36942 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(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

  • IN SE CORNER OF QUADRANGLE, POSITION PICKED BASED ON GEOLOGY AND MAP BY VIAL (1988)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Itabirite Group, Minas Supergroup
    Rock description Itabirite Group, Minas Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.517, -20.36942
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name VELOSO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LADEIRA, E.A., 1988, METALOGENIA DOS DEPOSITOS DE QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITAS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, ED., P. 301-375.

  • Deposit

    VIAL, D.S., 1988, MINA DO OURO DA PASSAGEM, MARIANA, MINAS GERAIS IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRAZIL, ED. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, V. 3, P. 421-430.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-93 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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