Minas Gerais
Producer

Periquito

Minas Gerais, Brazil
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsAmphibole, Feldspar, Hematite, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1976
Identification
Deposit ID10183907
Alternate namesPeriquito-Pp
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.6308, -43.23224
References
DORR,II, JOHN VAN N., NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE HIGH-GRADEHEMATITE ORES OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1965, VOL. 60, NO. 1, PP 1-46.POMERENE, JOEL B., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BELOHORIZONTE, IBIRITE, AND MACACOS QUADRANGLES, MINAS GERAIS,BRAZIL, PP D1-D80.SKILLINGS, JR., DAVID N., CVRD'S IRON ORE MINING AND PLANTOPERATIONS AT ITABIRA, SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, SEPTEMBER1977, PP 10-16.MINING MAGAZINE, BRAZILIAN IRON ORE, MARCH, 1977, PP 152-165AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.