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Boa Vista

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066402
MRDS ID TC42607
Record type Site
Current site name Boa Vista

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.39753, -21.04328 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 KM NW OF KM MARKER 240 ON RIO-BAHIA HIGHWAY.

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
Microcline Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.39753, -21.04328
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Santos Nogueira E Companhia
    First year 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

    KLEPPER, M.R., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1946, MICA DEPOSITS IN THE JUIZ DE FORA-CARATINGA REGION, SOUTHEASTERN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 65P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KLEPPER AND FRAYHA (1946)

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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