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Pedra

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065552
MRDS ID TC40899
Record type Site
Current site name Pedra
Alternate or previous names Lavra De Pedra ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.93808, -20.67496 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 11 KM SSW OF ESPERA FELIZ, 4 KM W OF CAINANA.

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

  • ON S SLOPE MARRO URUBU.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.93808, -20.67496
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEET-LIKE
    Strike NNE
    Dip 55 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pedro Serenario

Comments on the production information

  • ORE (1) PEGMATITE WITH A 8:1 STRIPPING RATIO OF OVERBURDEN TO PEGMATITE; ORE (2) MINE CRUDE MICA; 500 KG AND UP (1944). INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PECORA ET AL (1950).

Reporter information

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

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