Americano Do Brasil

BR / Goias

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Americano Do Brasil is a mineral prospect in Goias, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Americano Do Brasil Mafic-Ultramafic Complex (Norite, Dunite, Pyroxenite, Hornblendite). Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cobalt, Copper, Cubanite; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Marcasite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite; gangue is recorded as Magnetite. The site was discovered in 1972.

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Found Here

AzuriteChalcopyriteChrysocollaCobaltCopperCubaniteMagnetiteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelPentlanditePyritePyrrhotiteSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Americano Do Brasil Mafic-Ultramafic Complex — Norite, Dunite, Pyroxenite, Hornblendite

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteCubaniteMarcasiteMilleritePentlanditePyritePyrrhotiteSphalerite

Gangue minerals

Magnetite

Alteration

Metamorphism Is Upper Amphibolite To Granulite Facies

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Discovered: 1972

Records and references

Cited references

SANTOS,M,CUBA,E,GOMES DE SA,C,1987,JAZIDA DE NIQUEL,COBRE E COBALTO DE AMERICANO DO BRASIL IN (SCHMALTZ,W,ED) OS PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DA REJIAO CENTRO OCSTE. DNPM 6 DISTRITO P.1-31. NILSON, A.A., DOS SANTOS, M.M., CUBA, E.A., AND GOMES DE SA, C.M., 1986, JAZIDA DE NIQUEL, COBRE E COBALTO DE AMERICANO DO BRASIL, GOIAS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 257-273.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10081611 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -16.10348, -50.07493

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