Sobradinho Mine

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Mica
Sections on this page
  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 10066450
MRDS ID TC42660
Record type Site
Current site name Sobradinho Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.79475, -21.37105 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 KM SIDE OF ASTOLFO DUTRA.

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
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.79475, -21.37105

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vitor Guercio

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1946, MICA DEPOSITS IN THE JUIZ DE FORA - CARTINGA REGION, SOUTHEASTERN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 65P.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).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.