Santa Isabel mine, Itabirito, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Located 81 km from Belo Horizonte and 23 km from Itabirito.
Disseminated sulfide in quartz veins and sericite/chlorite schist. The gold occurs in small visible nuggets in the quartz or inside the sulfide.
A second type of gold mineralisation is in the basal conglomerate of the Moeda Formation.
The gold mineralization of the Santa Isabel Mine is related to the Paciência Trend. This trend was discovered and intensively mined in the 17th and 18th centuries and now it is recognized by large surface excavations or old mines distributed in a continuous straight line.
Note on the mineral list: It is unclear if the disseminated sulphides mentioned in the PDF file (pyrite, arsenopyrite, stibnite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and galena) also occur at the mine site.
Mineral List
4 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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