Mine detail: Potosi

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Location: Bolivar, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 7.25982, -61.8691
dep_id: 10060385
mrds_id: TC20019
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
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Metavolcanic Rock
tectonic: Guayana Shield/ Greenstone Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 90-16, 28 P., 1 OVER-SIZE SHEET.
  • Deposit:: COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.
  • Deposit:: LOPEZ, V.M., 1981, EL ORO EN VENEZUELA: CARACAS, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION DE MINAS, 116 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, N. 27, 228 P.
  • Deposit:: NEWHOUSE, W.H., AND ZULOAGA, G., 1929, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE GUAYANA HIGHLANDS, VENEZUELA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 24, P. 797-810.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: RODRIGUEZ M., 1986, P. 178.
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