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Gaia

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105322
MRDS ID TC39282
Record type Site
Current site name Gaia
Alternate or previous names Fernan Paes Estate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.83589, -20.01943 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position WEST OF HONORHO BICACHO

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
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Nova Lima Group
    Rock description Nova Lima Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.83589, -20.01943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name GAIA
    Strike ESE
    Dip 90 TO STEEP SSW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1867
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Nova Lima District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. John Del Rey Mining Co.
    First year 1863

Comments on the production information

  • FROM FERNAN PAES PROPERTY (1867-1873) MOST FROM GAIA DISCONTINUED MINING 1873, AFTER TUNNEL (GAIA) COMPLETED TO FARIA MINE IN 1936, NO GOOD GOLD VALUES FOUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIEIRA, F.W.R., AND OLIVEIRA, G.A.I. DE, 1988, GEOLOGIA DO DISTRITO AURIFERO DE NOVA LIMA, MINAS GERAIS: PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITAS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, EDS., P. 378-391.

  • Deposit

    GAIR, J.E., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NOVA LIMA AND RIO ACIMA QUADRANGLES, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-A, 67 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GAIR (1962)

Reporter information

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

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