Minas Gerais
Past Producer

Taquara Preta

Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mica
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Description

Fiorauante Padula And Alfredo Brandao

Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formDIKE-LIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite
GangueBiotite, Kaolin, Microcline, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10105392
MRDS IDTC42452
Alternate namesTereza Rita De Jesus Concession
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-20.45829, -41.90447
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., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, MICA DEPOSITS NEAR CAPARAO, MUNICIPIOS OF ESPERA FELIZ AND MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 33 P.CIMRIPECORA ET AL (1950), KLEPPER AND FRAYHA (1944).