Mina Furnas

Past Producer in Sao Paulo, Brazil with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255338
MAS/MILS ID 3510430006
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Furnas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -48.64902, -24.5724 (WGS84)
Elevation 300

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sao Paulo(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Sao Paulo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -48.64902, -24.5724

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 9M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1966

Mining district

District name Ribeira

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Socied De Mineracao Furnas
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEFOND,S.J., 1973, BRAZILIAN MINING: RELAXED GOVT. ATTIT. PA

  • Deposit

    WAY FOR EXPLOITING CRITICAL RESERVES: MIN. ENG. VOL 25:11

  • Deposit

    ROCHA,A., 1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DO CHUMBO: DNPM BOLETIM NO.

  • Deposit

    DE JANEIRO, 76P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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