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Magnetite from
Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:643350
Long-form Identifier:1:3:643350:5
GUID (UUID V4):c700db75-cefe-4f13-ba8a-dea36d150d2e
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Raposos mine, Raposos, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.3km (5.2 miles) Águas Claras mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.8km (8.6 miles) Cuiabá mine, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23.1km (14.4 miles) Gongo Soco mine, Barão de Cocais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
35.7km (22.2 miles) São Bento mine, Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais, Brazil
38.7km (24.1 miles) Pilar mine, Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais, Brazil
43.4km (27.0 miles) Conta História mine, Antônio Pereira, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
44.5km (27.6 miles) Pitangui mine, Catas Altas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.4km (29.5 miles) Samarco mine (Morro do Fraga mine), Bento Rodrigues, Santa Rita Durão district, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
48.1km (29.9 miles) Cata Preta mine, Santa Rita Durão district, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the QuadrilaÂtero FerrõÂ fero region, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, one of the major gold provinces in the...intensely carbonatized rock (e.g., the giant Morro Velho mine with >450 t of contained gold). Metabasalts...Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. AntoÃnio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901...31270-901, Brazil E-mail: lobato@igc.ufmg.br Fax: +55-31-4995410 L.C. Ribeiro-Rodrigues FAPEMIG Bursary Recipient...Escola de Minas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, 35400-000
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil D.S. Vial a,⁎, G.C. Abreu b , G. Schubert a , L...Vale do Rio Doce, BR 381, km 450, Santa Luzia, MG, Brazil Instituto de Geociências da Universidade de São...São Paulo, Rua Major Solbiat, 226, Torrinha, SP, Brazil Fundação Educacional de Caratinga, Fazenda Experimental...BR-116, Km 526, Bairro das Graças, Caratinga, MG, Brazil b c Received 26 June 2003; accepted 2 January...Pari, as well as the world-class deposits of Morro Velho and Cuiabá. All these deposits, whether large
Report (issue)
and Ore Deposits of the Nova Lima and Rio Acima Quadrangles Minas Gerais, Brazil GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...the Departamento N acional da Producao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the International Cooperation...and Ore Deposits of the Nova Lima and Rio Acima Quadrangles Minas Gerais, Brazil By JACOB E. GAIR GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PARTS OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-A...the Departamento Nacional da Producao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the International Cooperation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 775-798 GEOLOGY OF THE RAPOSOS GOLD MINE, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZ[I. GENE E. TOLBERT CONTENTS PAGE ............................................. Morro Velho zone ........................................sequence,which trends approximately east-west in the mine area, is intruded by diabase dikes that strike northeast... which is widely distributed in the Raposos-Morro Velho region and contains 0.31 percent Cr20 a. Arsenopyrite...depositsare similar to thoseat Morro Velho except that the hostrock at Morro Velho is a quartz-carbonate rock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e r a l i z a t i o n in Central E a s t e r n Brazil: a review A. Bernasconi Terraconsult AG, Steinwiesstrasse24...the major Archaean terranes of central eastern Brazil is given in the first section of this paper. Integration...Jequie and Goias mobile belts of central eastern Brazil. This mineralization associated with greenstone...important Archaean gold districts of Brazil, the Iron Quadrangle of Minas Gerais (Fig. 1), was discovered. Recently...the Archaean gold metallogeny of central eastern Brazil based on the presently known major raineralized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev The geology of the Morro Velho gold deposit in the Archean Rio das Velhas greenstone...greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil Diogenes Scipioni Vial a,⁎, Ed DeWitt b , Lydia Maria...Doce-CVRD, BR 381, Km 459, Santa Luzia, MG, 33010-970, Brazil United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, Denver...Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil d CTGS...Abstract The Morro Velho gold deposit, Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, Minas Gerais, Brazil, is hosted by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract Brazil has been a major but intermittent producer of gold since its discovery in 1500. Brazil led...hosted in Archean rocks produced 66% of the gold in Brazil, whereas deposits in Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic...MinisteÂrio de Minas e Energia, Secretaria de Minas e Metalurgia, BrasõÂ lia, Brazil E.A. Ladeira Rua...Muzambino 355/404, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30310-280, Brazil Deposits in metamorphosed sedimentary...importance. The Archean and Paleoproterozoic terranes of Brazil largely lack base-metal-rich volcanogenic massive
Report (volume)
workshop held December 1-10,1986, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, was hosted by the Institute Brasileiro de Mineragao...photograph at Quintas, Mineragao Morro Velho Club, Nova Lima, Brazil December 4,1986 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...Kerswill 19. 20. 21. 22. Fernando L. Repetto Rafael Lima de Oliveira Eduardo Ladeira Diogenes Scipioni Vial...Sergio Maurus Ribas Paulo Roberto Amorim dos Santos Lima Marcel Fonseca 36. Vitor Hugo Silveira de Castro...Quadrilatero Ferrffero, Minas Gerais, Brazil Workshop: Belo Horizonte, Brazil, December 1-10,1986 Sponsors:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Velhas Greenstone Belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil: Influence of Proterozoic Orogenies on Its Western...30310-310, MG, Brazil Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos...Campus Pampulha, Belo Horizonte 31270-910, MG, Brazil Correspondence: orivaldo.baltazar@hotmail.com (O...the Brasiliano São Francisco craton, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is composed of (i) Archean TTG granite-gneaissic...synformal NW–SE-directed Nova Lima basin. The Archean deformation converted the Nova Lima basin into an ample
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
signi®cant Archean greenstone-belt successions in Brazil, in both their appreciable mineral productivity...fero (Iron Quadrangle) region, Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil, which occupies the southernmost...southernmost portion of the SaÄo Francisco craton. The Nova Lima Group rocks, at the base of the Rio das Velhas...Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. AntoÃnio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901,... Brazil E-mail: lobato@dedalus.lcc.ufmg.br Fax: +55-31-4995410 L.C. Ribeiro-Rodrigues FAPEMIG Bursary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, n.° 6627, Bairro Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP...CEP 31270-901, Brazil School of Earth and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35, Stirling...Sítio Mineração S/A, Mina do Lamego, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...Cuiabá–Lamego trend, Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, Brazil. Both Archean orogenic gold deposits are situated...to be pre-peak (Archean) metamorphism. Nowadays, Brazil is classified as the 12th largest gold producer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil: A review of the setting of gold deposits O.F....Survey of Brazil, Av. Brasil 1731, Funcionários, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30140-002, Brazil Received...central-southern part of the State of Minas Gerais, SE Brazil. The metavolcano–sedimentary rocks of the...Supergroup in this region are subdivided into the Nova Lima and Maquiné Groups. The former occurs at the base...the SE region of Brazil and the central-southern region of the State of Minas Gerais (Fig. 1). The Quadrilátero
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cuiabá Gold deposit, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil Luiz Cláudio Ribeiro-Rodrigues a,⁎, Claudinei...Caratinga, BR-116, km 526, Caratinga-MG, 35 300-970, Brazil b Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasília...Brasília, Campus Asa Norte, Brasília-DF, 31270-901, Brazil c Institute of Mineralogy and Economic Geology...northern part of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The region constitutes an Archean granite–greenstone...by the Proterozoic supracrustal sequences of the Minas (<2.6–2.1 Ga) and Espinhaço (1.7 Ga) supergroups
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Iron-Formations of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil C. KLEIN† Department of Earth and Planetary...Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, CEP 31270-901, Brazil Abstract This study presents...different iron-formations in the Early Proterozoic Minas Supergroup of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero. These...it being the best-studied Precambrian region in Brazil. The banded iron-formations, locally known as itabirites...including dolomites, all are part of the Proterozoic Minas Supergroup with a minimum Pb/Pb age determined on
Report (issue)
the Departmento National da Produ^ao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the Agency for International...Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil By NORMAN HERZ REGIONAL GEOLOGY OF THE QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS...GERAIS, BRAZIL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared in cooperation with the Departmento Nacional da Produqao...Produqao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the Agency for International Development of the United...Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (Regional geology of the Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil) (Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been found at the Harding mine in Taos County, New Mexico; the Midnight Owl mine in Yavapai County, Arizona;...Arizona; and the Himalaya mine in San Diego County, California. Fluorescing apatite is also found in some...apatite crystals from Megina and Toea da Onca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the United States, the Harvard quarry...Apatite from a Magnetite Deposit Also in northwestern New Jersey are deposits of magnetite, some of which...times. Apatite is a constituent of many of these magnetite deposits-an undesirable constituent because 194
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyrite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrargyrite, magnetite, and quartz after pyrrhotite have been reported...pyrrhotite crystal on quartz attributed to the Potosi mine, Santo Domingo, Santa Eulalia (now known as Aquiies...pyrrhotite crystal from the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The 10.1-cm specimen is...ore include the old bismuth mine at Monroe and the historic nickel mine at Litchfield, Connecticut; the...mines, Chester County, the Gap mine, Lancaster County, and the Ecton mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania;
Journal (issue)
50 to $ 1,000.00 HYDROBORACITE from the Thompson mine, Death Valley, Calif. Some spec­ imens w ith colemanite...Newman Minerals From the Lavra da llha Pegmatite, Brazil.................... 207 Jacques P. & Jeannine O...Richard S. Mitchell The Minerals of the Morro Velho Gold Mine, Brazil.......................................Good thumbnail of the simple SILVER. Glenn Lake Mine. San Diego Co., Calif. A group of octrahedron xl...doubly terminated xls with good RENARDITE. Ruggles Mine, Massive. Rare. 2 x 4cm $14.00 pink color. Slightly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORIGIN OF THE ORES OF MINAS JOHN HIGH-GRADE GERAIS, VAN No. 1 BRAZIL HEMATITE • N. DORR, II...ABSTRACT The high-gradehematite depositsof Minas Gerais, Brazil, are those averagingmore than 66% Fe and...area of some7,000 squarekilometersin central Minas Gerais. Beginningin 1946, a group of Brazilian and...resourcesof this area; HIGH-GRADE HEMATITE ORES OF BRAZIL 3 theyhaveprepared topographic andgeologic mapsona...information concerningore analyses,exploration, reserves,mine maps, as well as the many other typesof aid so necessaryto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold Deposit, Pitangui Greenstone Belt, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mariana Brando Soares, Atlas Vasconcelos...Gold Deposit, Pitangui Greenstone Belt, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi...Gold Deposit, Pitangui Greenstone Belt, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mariana Brando Soares1, Atlas Vasconcelos...Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2 – Departamento de Geologia, Instituto de Geociências...Janeiro, Brazil. 3- Centro de Tecnologia Mineral (CETEM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4 – IAMGOLD, Brazil 5- Centro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ion at the Cau Iron Mine, Itabira District, Southern SaoFrancisco Craton,Brazil: GeologicandStructuralControls...Rio Dote, Itabira, MinasGerais,Brazil 35900-900 Abstract The Cau• iron mine is located in the Itabira district...known as a major producerof iron ore (Doff, Mariana mine), and Lake Superior-typeiron-formations Introduction...whichgoldandpalladiumoccurtogetherin a Proterozoie The Morro Velho mine alone hasproducedabout 500 t Lake Superio...Bento mines)and mylonitized volcano-sedimentary Soeo mine and 5 tons from 1865 to 1896 from the Marocks(e
Report (issue)
scapolite, phlogopite, chondrodite, calcite, magnetite. Distribution: A few of the many localities for...district, Pakistan. In Brazil, at the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais. From Llallagua, Potosı́...Africa. From the Jacupiranga mine, São Paulo, and at Tapira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the Mt. Weld carbonatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in quartz veins, Rio das Velhas greenstone belt, Brazil Milton J. Morales a,⁎, Rosaline C. Figueiredo e...David A. Banks c a b c Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CPMTC-Instituto de Geociências, Av. Presidente...Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração S/A, Lamego Mine, Rua Mestre Caetano...Caetano, Sabará, MG, Brazil School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds...Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil. Mineralization is associated mainly with metachert–banded
Report (issue)
57 38.53 Total 100.00 99.93 100.10 (1) Homestake mine, Lead, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA; corresponds...chalcopyrite, pentlandite, many other sulfides, magnetite, calcite, dolomite. Distribution: Massive material...(Nagybánya) district, Romania. From the Stari Trg mine, Trepča, Serbia. In Val Passiria, Trentino-Alto...Large crystals from the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil. At the Potosı́ and San...Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. From the Bluebell mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada. Name: From
Report (issue)
(sedimentary); talc, serpentine, magnesite, calcite, magnetite, diopside, tremolite, forsterite, wollastonite...Brumado, Bahia, and in the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil. At Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
 
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