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Boa Vista #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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066280
MRDS ID TC42413
Record type Site
Current site name Boa Vista #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.91474, -20.51913 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.0 KM SW 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

Comments on the location information

  • ON ROAD TO ESPERA FELIZ ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.91474, -20.51913
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sebastiao Dias
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 200 KG PER YEAR (1944). INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-CUT, STRIPPED BY BULLDOZER IN 1943; 200 M OF EXPLORATORY TUNNELS.

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 MINA 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

    KLEPPER AND FRAYHA (1944).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MICA CAME FROM MARGINS OF QUARTZ CORE, SAME PEGMATITE AS MANCHADA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1994 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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