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Santa Terezinha 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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066449
MRDS ID TC42658
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Terezinha Mine
Alternate or previous names Descoberto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.87975, -21.42661 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 KM S75W OF CATAGUAZES.

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 FAZENDA BOA VISTA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Kaolin Gangue
Microcline 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) -42.87975, -21.42661
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip STEEP
    Plunge STEEP N
    Thickness 8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roberto De Oliveira
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner Roberto De Oliveira
    First year 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OPEN PIT
    Length 60M
    Overall depth 20M

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 - CARTINGA REGION, SOUTHEASTERN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 65P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KLEPPER AND FRAYHA (1946).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCORDANT PEGMATITE, PEGMATITE PINCHES AND SWEELS.

Reporter information

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

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