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Sapucaia

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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066350
MRDS ID TC42512
Record type Site
Current site name Sapucaia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.00919, -18.55391 (WGS84)
Elevation 255
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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
Albite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Triphylite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.00919, -18.55391
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, ELLIPTICAL
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 70M
    Width 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 1943-1945 RECOVERED 2.0% SHEET MICA, UNDERGROUND (NOV. 1944-AUG. 1945) MOVED 160 CUBIC METERS TO PRODUCE 35 MT CRUDE MICA BY UNDERHAND STOPING.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, OPEN PIT

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PECORA AT AL (1950).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MICA SHOOT BETWEEN MASSIVE K-FELDSPAR ZONE AND BORDER ZONE; SIZE FOR ONE MICA SHOOT IN NORTHWEST WORKING, VERTICAL TO STEEPLY INCLINED CURVED SHEET CONCAVE TO SOUTH.

Reporter information

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

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