the mineral economy of brazil economia mineral do brasil

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Prepared in cooperation with
DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE PRODUÇÃO MINERAL
MINISTÉRIO DE MINAS E ENERGIA
1999
THE MINERAL ECONOMY OF BRAZIL
ECONOMIA MINERAL DO BRASIL
By Alfredo C. Gurmendi, Frederico Lopes Meira Barboza,
and Charles H. Thorman, Editors
Cover page of DNPM 1995 publication
of the Economia Mineral do Brasil,
which is reproduced on this CD-ROM
low-grade ore
São Bento gold mine
Minas Gerais
Vazante zinc mine - Minas Gerais
high-grade ore
Cuiabá gold mine
Minas Gerais
garimpeiro - Mato Grosso
THE MINERAL ECONOMY OF BRAZIL
ECONOMIA MINERAL DO BRASIL
By Alfredo C. Gurmendi, Frederico Lopes Meira Barboza,
and Charles H. Thorman, Editors
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIGITAL DATA SERIES DDS-53
U.S Geological Survey
Prepared in cooperation with
DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE PRODUÇÃO MINERAL
MINISTÉRIO DE MINAS E ENERGIA
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bruce Babbitt, Secretary
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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Photographs:
Page 1 Conceição iron mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais State, photograph courtesy of CVRD
Page 3 Vazante zinc mine, Mineração Morro Agudo, Minas Gerais State, photograph by C.H. Thorman
Garimpeiro, Poconé, Mato Grosso State, photograph by C.H. Thorman
Rock sample (gray), high-grade arsenopyrite-pyrrhotite-gold ore, Cuiabá mine, Minas Gerais State,
photograph by E.H. DeWitt, U.S. Geological Survey
Rock sample (tan), low-grade arsenopyrite-gold ore, São Bento gold mine, Minas Gerais State,
photograph by E.H. DeWitt, U.S. Geological Survey