Description
English Gold Prospectors.
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Hematite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group;Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group;Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group;Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group;Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group
Associated rockGranite · Marica Formation;Cacapava Granite;Camaqua Group
StructureGraben (Zona Mediana Do Escudo Sul-Rio Grandense) Trending Ne., N20-30e Faults Parallel To Graben, N50-70w Faults (Mineralized).
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1888
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10084874
MRDS IDW700095
Alternate namesCamagua, Sector Urugua I, Sector Sao Luiz, Veins Sao Julio, Barnabe
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-30.78069, -52.39905
References
HIGGINS, J.K., EDS., 1980, INTERNATIONAL MINERALS/METALS REVIEW, 2ND ED.,: WASHINGTON, D.C., MCGRAW-HILL PUBLICATIONS, P. 231.MINING MAGAZINE, DEC., 1976, P. 527, 533-535.MINING MAGAZINE, JAN., 1987.CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM (CAPITULO IX), IN: SCHOBBENHAUS, C., D. DE A . CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS, EDS., GEOLOGICO DO BRAZIL, TEXTO EXPLICATIVO DO MAPA GEOLOGICO DO BRAZIL E DA AREA OCEANICA ADJACENTE INCLUINDO DEPOSITOS MINERAIS, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, BRASILIA, P. 359-419, ESCALA 1:2,500,000.TEIXEIRA, G., AND GONZALEZ, M., 1988, MINAS DO CAMAQUA, MUNICIPIO DE CACAPAVA DO SUL, R.S., IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 33-41.TEIXEIRA AND GONZALEZ (1988).HIGGINS, 1980. TEIXEIRA AND GONZALEZ (1988).