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Chalet Verde, Chalet Group

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Mica
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065550
MRDS ID TC40897
Record type Site
Current site name Chalet Verde, Chalet Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.93947, -20.66968 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7 KM WSW OF ESPERA FELIZ

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

  • SOUTH SAO DOMINGOS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.93947, -20.66968
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ARCH
    Strike NE
    Dip NW, SE
    Thickness 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner French Or English (Pre ; Floravanti Padula )
    First year 1922
    Last year 1922

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL PRODUCTION: RESERVES ESSENTIALLY DEPLETED (1945). CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: ORE (1) AND (2) MINE-CRUDE MICA; ORE (3) PEGMATITE WITH A STRIPPING RATIO OF 7.4:1 OF OVERBURDEN TO PEGMATITE; 500KG AND UP PER MONTH 1944. INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-CUT 280 M NE LENGTH, MAXIMUM WIDTH 90 M, DEPTH 25 M; REMOVING 351440 TONS OF MATERIAL; ADITS TOTAL 176 M ACCESSIBLE LENGTH (1944).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PECORA, W.T., KLEPPER, M.R., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1950, MICA DEPOSITS IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-C, P. 205-305.

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, D.M., KLEPPER, M.R., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, THE CHALET GROUP OF MICA MINES, MUNICIPIO OF ESPERA FELIZ, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PECORA ET AL (1950).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MICA SHOOTS ON AND AROUND QUARTZ CORE WITH K-FELDSPAR ZONE FORMING OUTER MARGIN.

Reporter information

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

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