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Vista Alegre Do Rio

Past Producer in Rio De Janeiro, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105401
MRDS ID TC42483
Record type Site
Current site name Vista Alegre Do Rio
Alternate or previous names B. Machada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.95808, -20.91301 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1 KM NW OF VISTA ALEGRE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio De Janeiro(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Rio De Janeiro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

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) -41.95808, -20.91301
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Benjamin Machado (1940'S)

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 200 KG PER MONTH (1944). INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

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

    MCGAVOCK, C.B., 1944, UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MCGAVOCK (1944); UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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