Minas Gerais
Past Producer
Mina Janelao
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Zinc
Lead
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Zinc, Lead
Secondary
Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Materials
Ore minerals
Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Descloizite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
Gangue
Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Dolomite · Bambui Group
Structure
West Side Of Anticline
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1956
Identification
Deposit ID
10099551
MRDS ID
TC40868
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-15.07544, -44.24205
References
ROBERTSON, J.F., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE MUNICIPIO DE JANUARIA, STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1110-B, 110 PCIMRIROBERTSON (1963).