Mine detail: Piacoa

Previously called 'CatalinoCerro PiacoaColon'

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Location: Delta Amacuro*, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 8.54447, -62.13327
dep_id: 10060378
mrds_id: TC20007
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Quartz
model: 188: Algoma Fe
alteration: Laterization
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_unit: Imataca Complex
hrock_type: Quartzite,Gneiss
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: N60w Parallel To The River
tectonic: Guayana Shield
References:
  • Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P.
  • 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, 228 P.
  • Deposit:: ZULOAGA, GUILLERMO, 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE IRON DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRA DE IMATACA, VENEZUELA: AM. INST. MIN. METALLURGY TRANS., V. 115, P. 307-340.
  • Deposit:: LIDDLE, R.A., 1946, THE GEOLOGY OF VENEZUELA AND TRINIDAD: ITHACA, NY, PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION, 890 P.
  • Deposit:: LAKE, M.C., 1950, CERRO BOLIVAR - U.S. STEE* NEW IRON ORE BONANZA: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V. 151, NO. 8, P. 72-83.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: RODRIGUEZ M., 1986, P. 143.
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