Aspects of the occurrence of gold deposits in Minas Gerais in the 18th century by Q. I. Lopes 

A Pós-doutoranda Quelen Ingrid Lopes, que desenvolve sua pesquisa junto ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, sob orientação do Prof. Dr. Luis Augusto Ebling Farinatti, recentemente publicou a coluna “Aspects of the occurrence of gold deposits in Minas Gerais in the 18th century” no blog científico “Labour in Mining”, do European Labour History Network. O trabalho aborda a prospecção e extração de ouro na região das Minas Gerais setecentistas e pode ser acessado abaixo:

YMHC #8: Aspects of the occurrence of gold deposits in Minas Gerais in the 18th century by Q. I. Lopes  – Labour In Mining (hypotheses.org)

The geological formations — i.e. mountains, hills, and valleys — and the many rivers that characterise Anticlinal 
de Mariana provide, in consistence with the findings of 16th-century German mineralogist Georgius Agricola, favourable 
metallogenic conditions for the formation of gold deposits iii.The constant flow of rivers, as well as pluvial and 
fluvial floods, eroded, over the millennia, rock ...
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