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Santa Rita Mine

Past Producer in Sao Paulo, Brazil with commodities Mica, Kaolin
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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 10066415
MRDS ID TC42621
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -46.8512, -23.94158 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Relative position 3 KM SW OF CIPO PROSPECT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sao Paulo(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Sao Paulo

Comments on the location information

  • ON SANTA RITA RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -46.8512, -23.94158
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE-LIKE
    Thickness 50M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cia. Geral De Minas, S./A. (Byington Co.) (Pre-1940 - )

Comments on the production information

  • KAOLIN SHIPMENTS REACHED 25 TONS PER MONTH; 1943 IS JULY 31-AUGUST 6 PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND OPEN CUTS.

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

    MURDOCK, T.G., 1943, TRIP REPORT NO. 7, MICA DEPOSITS IN THE STATE OF SAO PAULO: UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT, 14P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MURDOCK (1943).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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