Mine detail: El Palmar

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Location: Bolivar, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 8.19727, -61.91855
dep_id: 10060380
mrds_id: TC20011
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Manganese, Iron, Aluminum
Minor mineral: Silica, Ferrosilicon
Trace mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Goethite, Iron, Lithiophorite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue: Kaolin
orebody_fm: VEINS, LENSES, CRUSTS IN LATERITE
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Imataca Complex
hrock_type: Gneiss
References:
  • Deposit:: CORREO DEL CARONI, 1988, BAUXITA DE EL PALMAR ROBUSTECERA NUESTRO PROGRAMA DEL ALUMINIO: SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1988, P. A-3.
  • Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P.
  • Deposit:: DROVENIK, F., KRULC, Z., TAJDER, M., AND TALIC, S., 1967, MENAS MANGANESIFERAS DE LA REGION DE UPATA: VENEZUELA, DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, V. 8, NO. 17, P. 3-163.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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