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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- Placer
- Host rock
- Serro Do Corrego Formation, Jacobina Series — Sandstone, Conglomerate
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Discovered
- 1700
Records and references
GROSS, W.H., 1968, EVIDENCE FOR A MODIFIED PLACER ORIGIN FOR AURIFEROUS CONGLOMERATES, CANAVIEIRAS MINE, JACOBINA, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 63, NO.3, P. 271-276. MOLINARI, L., AND SCARPELLI, W., 1988, DEPOSITOS DE OURO DE JACOBINA, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, ED. SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AND COELHO, C.E.S., V.3, P. 463-478. COX, D.P., 1967, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE JACOBINA AURIFEROUS CONGLOMERATE, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 6, P. 773-780. LEO, G.W., COX, D.P., ANND CARVALHO, J.P.P., 1964, GEOLOGIA DA PARTE SUL DU SERRA DE JACOBINA, BAHIA, BRASIL: MINISTERIO MINAS E ENERGIA DEPT. NACIONAL PRODICAO MINERAL, BOLETIM 209, 87P. CIMRIMOLINARI AND SCARPELLI (1988).
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10065234 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -11.21920, -40.51560
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