Mine detail: Guacuripia

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Location: Bolivar, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 7.95173, -62.23689
dep_id: 10060381
mrds_id: TC20012
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Goethite, Iron, Lithiophorite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
conc_proc: The Laterites Are Supergene Products Of Weathering Of The Protores.
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Imataca Complex
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Large Folds And The Santa Maria Fault
tectonic: Guayana Shield, Upata Block
References:
  • Deposit:: BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTEL DE BELLIZZIA, N., AND RODRIGUEZ, S.E., 1981, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA Y SU RELACION A LA METALOGENESIS: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 8, P. 6-77.
  • Deposit:: INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P.
  • Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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