Urubu

BR / MG

•-20.67524, -41.94335View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Urubu is a historic mining site in Minas Gerais, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Pegmatite. Reported specimens include Biotite, Feldspar, Kaolin, Mica, Muscovite, Quartz; logged ore minerals are Muscovite; gangue is recorded as Biotite, Feldspar, Kaolin, Quartz. The site was discovered in 1897.

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Found Here

BiotiteFeldsparKaolinMicaMuscoviteQuartz

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Pegmatite
Associated rock: Gneiss
Orebody form: VERTICAL SHEET

Ore minerals

Muscovite

Gangue minerals

BiotiteFeldsparKaolinQuartz

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Discovered: 1897

Records and references

Cited 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. LARRABEE, D.M., KLEPPER, M.R., FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, THE CHALET GROUP OF MICA MINES, MUNICIPIO OF ESPERA FELIZ, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P. CIMRIANNUAL PRODUCTION: UNPUBLISHED DATA. CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: PECORA (1950).

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10065551 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -20.67524, -41.94335

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