Conceicao

Minas Gerais, Brazil

IronPalladiumGold

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Commodities

PrimaryIron

SecondaryPalladium, Gold

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Deposit sizeY

Materials

Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite

GangueQuartz

Geology

Host rockIron Formation · Caue Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series

Associated rockQuartzite · Nova Lima Group, Rio Das Velhas Series;Caraca Group, Minas Series;Piracicaba Group, Minas Series

StructureComplex Folding And Granitic Intrusions; Iron Formations Run In Bands Of Varying Widths And Cutting Across Quadrilatero From East To West And North To South; Thickness Ranges To Several Hundred Feet, Assymetric Syncline, With Smaller Scale Anticlines And Synclines

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1951

Discovery year1720

Identification

Deposit ID10078068

MRDS IDW026223

Alternate namesConceicao Area Iron Mines Numbered 2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, And 20. 5 Unnamed Shafts and 3 Adits For Gold. Mina De Conceicao.

RegionSA

Data scoreA

Coordinates-19.65417, -43.28338

References

ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380 . 433 QUN22SDORR, J. V. N., II, AND BARBOSA, A. L. M., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ITABIRA DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 341 - C, P. C1 - C110 .SKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1972 , CIA. VALE DO RIO DOCE: SKILLINGS' MINING REV., V. 61 , NO. 44 , P. 1 , 8 - 13 .CEASAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPIAS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AMEIDA CAMPOS, D., DERZE, G.R., AND ASMUS, H.E., EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 249-419.MILLER & SINGWALD, 1919, MAP, P. 169.GODOY & COELHO, 1947.LUMB, 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, LONDON, P. 52.QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 112.V. DE MELO, M.T., BORBA, R.R., COELHO, W.A., 1986, O DISTRITO FERRIFERO DE ITABIRA: MINAS DO CAUE, CONCEICAO, DOIS CORREGOS, PERIQUITO, ONCA, CHACRINHA, E ESMERIL, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRAISLIA, V. II, P. 7-28.ySKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1972 ; DORR AND BARBOSA (1963); V. DE MELO AND OTHERS (1986)ALVARADO, B., 1970 ; SKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1972