Minas Gerais
Past Producer

Bela Fama

Minas Gerais, Brazil
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockTuff · Nova Lima Group
AlterationSericitazation, Carbonatization, Chloritization (Inner To Outer Zone)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10064762
MRDS IDTC39244
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-19.99499, -43.83228
References
VIEIRA, F.W.R., AND OLIVEIRA, G.A.I. DE, 1988, GEOLOGIA DO DISTRITO AURIFERO DE NOVA LIMA, MINAS GERAIS: PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITAS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, EDS., P. 378-391.GAIR, J.E., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NOVA LIMA AND RIO ACIMA QUADRANGLES, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-A, 67 P.VIEIRA, F.W.R., 1991, TEXTURES AND PROCESSES OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION IN THE NOVA LIMA GROUP, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, IN BRAZIL GOLD '91, E.A. LADEIRA, ED.: BALKEMA, ROTTERDAM, P. 319-325.CIMRI