Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeU
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Caue Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series
Associated rockPhyllite · Batatal Formation, Caraca Group, Minas Series;Gandarela Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series
StructureE Limb Of Moeda Syncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10065474
MRDS IDTC40785
Alternate namesGama
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-20.10971, -43.93701
References
POMERENE, J.B., 1964; GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BELO HORIZONTE, IBIRITE AND MACACOS QUADRANGLES, MINAS GERIAS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-D, 84 P.GOMES, J.C.M., 1986, AS MINAS DE AGUAS CLARAS, MUTUCA E PICO E OUTROS DEPOSITOS DE MINERIO DE FERRO NO QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERIAS IN PRINCIPAIS DEOPSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRAISILIA , V II, P. 65-76.CIMRI