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Ipe

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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066302
MRDS ID TC42444
Record type Site
Current site name Ipe
Alternate or previous names Lavra Ipe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.93585, -20.67802 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM SW 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

  • ON ROAD TO URUBU

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Kaolin Gangue
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) -41.93585, -20.67802
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Espera Feliz

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Antonio Novais (1940'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fioravante Padula (1940'S)

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8.2 % Sheet Mica
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mica Mica 8wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE EST YIELDED 5.9 MT OF SHEET MICA; LESS THAN 200 KG PER MONTH (1944).

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT 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 MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-C, P. 205-305.

  • Deposit

    MCGAVOCK, C.B., 1944, UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PECORA ET AL (1950), MCGAVOCK (1944); UNPUBLISHED DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONNECTED LENSES

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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