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Mutum

Producer in Amapa*, Brazil with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100879
MRDS ID TC40834
Record type Site
Current site name Mutum

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -51.63249, 2.3098 (WGS84)
Relative position 260 KM NNW OF MACAPA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amapa*(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Amapa*

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR LOURENCO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Serra Lombarda Group
    Rock description Serra Lombarda Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -51.63249, 2.3098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip SUBVERTICAL
    Thickness 1.92M
    Length 20M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Oxidized To 40-50 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN BOTH MUTUM AND SALAMANGONE, ORE (1) IS SAPROLITE; ORE (2) IS SULFIDE ORE WITH A DILUTION OF 1.25 TO 1 AND 90% RECOVERY BY FLOTATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DE FERRAN, A., 1988, DEPOSITO DE OURO DE SALAMANGONE E MUTUM, CALCOENE, AMAPA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 581-588

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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