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Cata Preta

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105321
MRDS ID TC39278
Record type Site
Current site name Cata Preta
Alternate or previous names Durao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.41838, -20.17137 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LESS THAN 0.5 KM N OR SANTA RITA DURAO

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
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Minas Series
    Rock description Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Cercadinho Formation, Piracicaba Group, Mi

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.41838, -20.17137
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name CATA PRETA
    Strike NE
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 0.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alegria District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lysander Gold
    First year 1994

Comments on the production information

  • 10 MILLION CUBIC METERS OF WEATHERED ROCK REMOVED BY MINING AND SUBSEQUENT EROSION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPEN PITTABLE RESOURCE EXPLORED BY WESTERN MINING.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, C.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ALEGRIA DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-J, 72 P.

  • Deposit

    DANIELSON, VIVIAN, 1994, BRAZILIAN GOLD MINING CAMP ATTRACTS LYSANDER: THE NORTHERN MINER, DECEMBER 19, 1994, V. 80, NO. 42, P. 1-2.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MAXWELL (1972)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 0.25 TO 100 CM THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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