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Cafe-Feijao Mine

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066332
MRDS ID TC42487
Record type Site
Current site name Cafe-Feijao Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.84336, -18.29697 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 7 KM ESE OF RAMALHETE, 19 KM NE OF CORDACI.

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 DIVIDE BETWEEN RIBEIROS SAO MATIAS GRANDE AND SAO MATIAS PEQUENO IN SERRA DOS LOURENCOS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Plagioclase 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) -41.84336, -18.29697
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Strike N75E
    Dip 35-70SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1933

Mining district

District name Governador Valadares Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineracao Rio Doce Ltd.
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jose Latorre

Comments on the workings information

  • CAFE SECTION: 6 ADITS INTO IRREGULAR STOPE 40 M LONG, 20 M HEIGHT, 2 M WIDE WITH ABOUT 500 M OF WORKINGS THAT REMOVED 1750 CUBIC METERS. FEIJAO SECTION: 8 ADITS WITH 340 M OF WORKINGS REMOVED ABOUT 1150 CUBIC METERS.

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

    BARBOSA, A.L.M., AND PECORA, W.T., 1945, CAFE-FEIJAO MICA MINE, DISTRITO OF RAMALHETE, MUNICIPIO OF PECANHA, STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 9P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BARBOSA AND PECORA (1945)

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARBOSA AND PECORA (1945).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE CONSISTS OF WESTERN CAFE SECTION AND EASTERN FEIJAO SECTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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