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[[Image:MinasGerais Municip Raposos.svg|thumb|right|250px|Location of Raposos within Minas Gerais]] |
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| name = Raposos |
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| official_name = Municipality of Raposos |
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| settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]] |
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| image_skyline = Raposos - MG.jpg |
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| image_caption = Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
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| map_caption = Location of Raposos within Minas Gerais |
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| population_as_of = 2020 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/raposos/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> |
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| population_total = 16,429 |
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'''Raposos''' is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of [[Minas Gerais]]. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. |
'''Raposos''' is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of [[Minas Gerais]]. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. |
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==Geography== |
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The municipality contains the Raposos gold mines opened by the [[Saint John d'El Rey Mining Company]] around 1910. |
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As of 1955 the main lodes were the Espiritu Santo, Mina Grande and Espiritu West, which were connected by underground workings and had reached a depth of about {{convert|640|m}}.{{sfn|Jacob E. Gair|1949|p=A-59}} |
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At the end of 1955 the Raposos mines had total reserves of 1,694,080 metric tons of ore with an average of 9.5 grams of gold per ton.{{sfn|Jacob E. Gair|1949|p=A-60}} |
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The municipality contains about 10% of the {{convert|31270|ha}} [[Serra do Gandarela National Park]], created in 2014.{{sfn|PARNA de Serra do Gandarela – ISA}} |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[ |
* [[List of municipalities in Minas Gerais]] |
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==References== |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raposos}} |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Commons category|Raposos}} |
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{{MinasGerais-geo-stub}} |
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==Sources== |
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{{coord|19|58|01|S|43|48|14|W|display=title|region:BR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} |
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*{{citation |
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|author=Jacob E. Gair|title=Geological Survey Professional Paper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eoqAQAAIAAJ&pg=SL1-PA58|access-date=2016-08-12 |
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|year=1949|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|chapter=Geology and ore deposits of the Nova Lima and Rio Acima quadrangles, Minas Gerais, Brazil}} |
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*{{citation|ref={{harvid|PARNA de Serra do Gandarela – ISA}}|language=pt |
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|title=PARNA de Serra do Gandarela|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/602416|access-date=2016-06-12}} |
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{{Refend}} |
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{{Municipalities of Minas Gerais}} |
{{Municipalities of Minas Gerais}} |
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{{Authority control}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raposos}} |
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[[Category:Populated places in Minas Gerais]] |
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[[Category:Municipalities in Minas Gerais]] |
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{{MinasGerais-geo-stub}} |
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Latest revision as of 18:20, 6 July 2022
Raposos | |
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| Municipality of Raposos | |
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Raposos within Minas Gerais | |
| Coordinates: 19°58′01″S 43°48′14″W / 19.96694°S 43.80389°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 16,429 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Raposos is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte.
Geography[edit]
The municipality contains the Raposos gold mines opened by the Saint John d'El Rey Mining Company around 1910. As of 1955 the main lodes were the Espiritu Santo, Mina Grande and Espiritu West, which were connected by underground workings and had reached a depth of about 640 metres (2,100 ft).[2] At the end of 1955 the Raposos mines had total reserves of 1,694,080 metric tons of ore with an average of 9.5 grams of gold per ton.[3]
The municipality contains about 10% of the 31,270 hectares (77,300 acres) Serra do Gandarela National Park, created in 2014.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Jacob E. Gair 1949, p. A-59.
- ^ Jacob E. Gair 1949, p. A-60.
- ^ PARNA de Serra do Gandarela – ISA.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Raposos.
Sources[edit]
- Jacob E. Gair (1949), "Geology and ore deposits of the Nova Lima and Rio Acima quadrangles, Minas Gerais, Brazil", Geological Survey Professional Paper, U.S. Government Printing Office, retrieved 2016-08-12
- PARNA de Serra do Gandarela (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-12
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