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Zacarias #1

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 10066257
MRDS ID TC42378
Record type Site
Current site name Zacarias #1
Alternate or previous names Taquara Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.89447, -20.45635 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12 KM S68W OF PICO DE BANDEIRA. ABOUT 10 KM N OF CAPARAO.

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
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Beryl Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.89447, -20.45635
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VERTICAL TABULAR SHOOT
    Plunge 45 SW
    Thickness 1M
    Length 35M
    Width 25M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE CROSS-CUTS FOLIATION, STRIKES N70W AND NEARLY VERTICAL AND IS 6-7 M THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Alfredo Brandao And Fioravante Padula

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Brandao, Alfredo
    First year 1925
    Last year 1927
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fioravante Padula
    First year 1927
    Last year 1931
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Agenor Pinheiro
    First year 1931

Comments on the production information

  • ORE (1) AND (2) ARE MINE CRUDE MICA; 500 KG AND UP (1944). INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ESSENTIALLY DEPLETED (1945); ORE (1) INDICATED AND INFERRED IN 2 BLOCKS OF PEGMATITE; ORE (2) MINE-RUN MICA INDICATED AND INFERRED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 MAIN ADITS AND NUMBER OF SMALLER ONES, INTERCONNECTED BY STOPES EXPLORE PEGMATITE 55 METERS IN LENGTH, 42 METERS DEEP.

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

    KLEPPER, M.R., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, MICA DEPOSITS NEAR CAPARAO, MUNICIPIOS OF ESPERA FELIZ AND MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 33 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PECORA (1950). UNPUBLISHED DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MICA SHOOT IN CENTRAL PART, THICKEST PART, AND INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF PEGMATITE, MINE-CRUDE MICA IN THE SHOOT WAS 400 MT.

Reporter information

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

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