Description
Antonio Machado Santos And Jose Maria Filho
Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formOBLONG IN PLAIN, LENS-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite
GangueBeryl, Kaolin, Microcline, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1923
Identification
Deposit ID10066263
MRDS IDTC42388
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.52774, -41.91113
References
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.KLEPPER, M.R., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, MICA DEPSOTIS NEAR CAPARAO, MUNICIPIOS OF ESPERA FELIZ AND MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 33 P.CIMRIPECORA ET AL (1950).