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Capoeirao 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105375
MRDS ID TC42396
Record type Site
Current site name Capoeirao Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.91141, -20.51496 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 KM WNW OF CAPARAO.

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 S. SLOPE OF PROMINENT HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.91141, -20.51496
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE, NW
    Dip GENTLE, SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sebastiao Lourenco Dias Filito
    First year 1926

Comments on the production information

  • ORE (1) AND (2) MINE CRUDE MICA; GREATER THAN 500 KG PER MONTH (1944); CLY 3 SMALL AMOUNT RECOVERED.

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 MINA GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-C, P. 205-305

  • Deposit

    KLEPPER, M.R., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, MICA DEPOSITS NEAR CAPARAO, MUNICIPIOS OF ESPERA FELIZ AND MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 33 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANNUAL PRODUCTION: UNPUBLISHED DATA; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: PECORA (1950).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE EXPLORES 2 AND MAYBE 3 LARGE PEGMATITES, MATERIAL DECOMPOSED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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