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Taquara Preta

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 10105392
MRDS ID TC42452
Record type Site
Current site name Taquara Preta
Alternate or previous names Tereza Rita De Jesus Concession

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.90447, -20.45829 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM NW OF ZACARIAS MINE.

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
Kaolin Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.90447, -20.45829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE-LIKE
    Strike N60W
    Dip STEEP SW
    Thickness 10M
    Length 160M
    Width 50M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Fiorauante Padula And Alfredo Brandao

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Padula And Brandao ; Antonio Motta De Assumpcaco ); Jose Noronha Machado (Dec, 19
    First year 1927
    Last year 1927
  • Type Owner
    Owner Padula And Brandao ; Antonio Motta De Assumpcaco )
    First year 1927
    Last year 1927

Comments on the production information

  • 200-500 KG PER MONTH (1944). INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) PEGMATITE INDICATED AND INFERRED WITH MICA; ORE (2) MINE-RUN MICA.

Comments on the workings information

  • 800 M CROSSCUTS IN GNEISS, 300 M DRIFTS IN DECOMPOSED PEGMATITE.

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, 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

    PECORA ET AL (1950), KLEPPER AND FRAYHA (1944).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MICA SHOOTS BETWEEN CORE AND OUTER ZONE; ONE SHOOT IS 15 M LONG, TABULAR SHAPED AND CONTAINS 15% MICA.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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