Description
Edmundo Duarte
Commodities
PrimaryMica, Kaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsKaolin, Muscovite
GangueBeryl, Biotite, Garnet, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockMica Schist
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10066430
MRDS IDTC42638
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.80243, -43.14864
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., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., 1944, THE PEQUERI MICA MINE, MUNICIPIO OF BICAS, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 17P.CIMRIKLEPPER ET AL (1944).