Minas Gerais
Producer

Morro Velho

Minas Gerais, Brazil
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1834
Identification
Deposit ID10158561
Alternate namesMina De Bela Fama, Mina Velha, Mina Grande, Mina De Raposos, Mina De Bicalho, Mina De Faria, Mina Esperanca, Mina De CuiabaRaposos
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.97059, -43.85085
References
ANGLO-AMERICAN (MORRO VELHO): IN MINERIOS, EXTRACAO &PROCESSAMENTO, REVISTA LATINO AMERICANA DE MINERACAO, MAIO1981, P. 63.MORRO VELHO- EXPANSION PLAN, WORLD MINING, V. 34, NO. 12,1981.TOLBERT, G.E. GEOLOGY OF THE RAPOSOS GOLD MINE, MINASGERAIS, BRAZIL, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, PP. 775-798, 1964.PROCESSAMENTO, REVISTA LATINO, AMERICANA DE MINERACAO, MAIO