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Bruno De Lima

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 10066309
MRDS ID TC42454
Record type Site
Current site name Bruno De Lima
Alternate or previous names Viuva Valerio #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.89224, -20.42357 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position FEW KM W OF PICO BANDEIRO, 13 KM W OF JEQUITIBA, 10 KM SE OF MANHUMIRIM

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
Biotite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.89224, -20.42357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 50-80 SW
    Thickness 8M
    Length 95M
    Width 40M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Julio Ellis ; Martin Lopes And Manuel Diamantino De Oliveira ).
    First year 1916
    Last year 1919

Comments on the production information

  • ORE (1) AND (2) ARE MINE-CRUDE MICA; GREATER THAN 500 KG PER MONTH (1945). INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 23 PORTALS, 1525 M OF DRIFTS, 833 M IN PEGMATITE (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., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, THE VIUVA VALERIA MICA MINE, MUNICIPIO OF MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 13 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PECORA ET AL (1950); UNPUBLISHED DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MICA SHOOTS OCCUR IN INTERMEDIATE ZONE BETWEEN GRAPHIC-TEXTURED BORDER ZONE AND K-FELDSPAR ZONE; TWO PARALLEL PEGMATITES.

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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