Minas Gerais
Past Producer

Laranjeiras Novas

Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mica
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Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSHEET-LIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite
GangueFeldspar, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockSchist
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1943
Identification
Deposit ID10066373
MRDS IDTC42542
Alternate namesLaranjeiras No. 2
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-18.53613, -40.94724
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. 205-305CIMRIUNPUBLISHED DATA (1945).