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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):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘRaposos mine, Raposos, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.4km (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, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘCata Preta mine, Santa Rita Durão, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
References
Lobato, Lydia Maria, Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Luiz Cláudio, Vieira, Frederico Wallace Reis (2001) Brazil's premier gold province. Part II: geology and genesis of gold deposits in the Archean Rio das Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero. Mineralium Deposita, 36 (3) 249-277 doi:10.1007/s001260100180
Vial, Diogenes Scipioni; DeWitt, Ed; Lobato, Lydia Maria; Thorman, Charles H. (2007) The geology of the Morro Velho gold deposit in the Archean Rio das Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil. Ore Geology Reviews, 32 (3). doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.12.008
 
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