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Itabira Do Matto Dentro

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Gold, Palladium, Platinum, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106873
MRDS ID M045595
Record type Site
Current site name Itabira Do Matto Dentro
Alternate or previous names Itabira, Jacutinga - Gold Mine, Probably Caue Mine Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.22866, -19.61694 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 66 MI N-NW OF OURO PRETO

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

  • USED CENTER OF ITABIRA AS LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Rutile Ore

Analytical data

Result CLARK ET AL, 1974 HAVE ANALYSES OF 14 GRAINS OF PALLADIUM MINERALS FROM ITABIRA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.22866, -19.61694
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Itabira District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMB, 1920, P. 54

  • Deposit

    CLARK ET AL, 1974, PD ARSENIDES FROM ITABIRA, BRAZIL: MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, V. 39, P. 588.

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 115.

  • Deposit

    HUSSAK 1906, O PALLADIO E A PLATINA NO BRASIL: ANNAES DA ESCOLA DE MINAS DE OURO PRETO, NO. 8, P. 132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE RECORD TC39233 FOR CAUE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Balcom, Raymond H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 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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