Mine detail: Chile

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Location: Bolivar, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 7.30148, -61.83438
dep_id: 10060283
mrds_id: TC10295
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Ankerite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Page, Norman J., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Cox, Dennis P.)
hrock_type: Metavolcanic Rock
tectonic: Greenstone Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION GENERAL SECTORIAL DE MINAS Y GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, P. 171.
  • Deposit:: NEWHOUSE, W.H., AND ZULOAGA, G., 1929, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE GUYANA HIGHLANDS, VENEZUELA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 24, P. 797-810.
  • Deposit:: KILBURN, JOHN, 1994, EL CALLAO REGION ATTRACTS INTEREST: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 26, 1994, P. C1-C2.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: RODRIGUEZ, M., 1986.
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