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Espirito Santo

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064785
MRDS ID TC39280
Record type Site
Current site name Espirito Santo
Alternate or previous names Part of Raposos Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.82117, -19.96305 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NW OF NOVA LIMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Minas Gerais

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.82117, -19.96305
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name ESPIRITO SANTO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Nova Lima District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. John Del Rey Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION SMALL IN 1910 AND FOR SOME YEARS THEREAFTER. ESPIRITO SANTO LARGEST PRODUCING LODE OF RAPOSOS MINES - 1910-1928 PRODUCTION INCLUDES MINA GRANDE AND MORRO DAS BICAS LODE. ACTIVE 1963.

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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GAIR (1962); VIEIRA AND OTHERS (1988)

Reporter information

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

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