Mine detail: Upata

Previously called 'Cerro El Chorro'

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Location: Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 7.12367, -66.16904
dep_id: 10022462
mrds_id: DE03042
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Minor mineral: Silica, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Unknown
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Diorite,Gabbro,Gneiss
References:
  • Deposit:: ALEVA, G.J.J., 1981, BAUXITIC AND OTHER DURICRUSTS ON THE GUIANA SHIELD, SOUTH AMERICA, IN LATERITISATION PROCESSES: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF LATERITISATION PROCESSES, TRIVANDRUM, INDIA, 11-14, DECEMBER, 1979, P. 26A-269.
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1953.
  • Deposit:: PATERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUM RESOURCES OF THE WORLD: USGS BULL. 1228, 176 P.
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