Mine detail: Botanamo

Previously called 'Pilar- Teresa VeinVeta 4Veta 3Botanamo I ConcessionBotanamo VeinVeta TropiezoVeta Porfia'

Location:	Bolivar, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long:	7.03955, -61.19604
dep_id:	10060392
mrds_id:	TC20030
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
gangue:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Quartz, Siderite, Tetrahedrite
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter:	Bolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)
hrock_unit:	Cicapara
hrock_type:	Schist
arock_type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Shear Zone Trending N40w, Zones Of Breccias Produced By Faulting
tectonic:	Guayana Shield
References:	Deposit:: LOPEZ, V.M., 1981, EL ORO EN EL MUNDO: CARACAS, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION DE MINAS, 76 P. Deposit:: LOCHER, EUGENIO, 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA, IN MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, CIUDAD GUAYANA, VENEZUELA, MAYO 7-14, 1972: CARACAS, EDITORAL SUCRE, P. 559-587. Deposit:: KOROL, B., 1961, MINERALES DE TUNGSTENO DE LAS MINAS BOTANAMO Y EL CALLAO: MEMORIA, III CONGRESO GEOLOGICO VENEZOLANO, CARACAS, 1959, V. 4, P. 1889-1895. 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, N0. 27, 228 P. Deposit:: INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P. Deposit:: BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTAL DE BELLIZZIA, N., AND RODRIGUEZ, S.E., 1981, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA Y SU RELACION A LA METALOGENESIS: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 8, P. 6-77. Deposit:: GRATEROL, V.R., 1974, RESULTADOS DE LA PROSPECCION GEOFISICA EN LAS ZONAS DE VUELVAN CARAS Y BOTANAMO, EDO. BOLIVAR: MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL 6, P. 529-549. 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:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1990, V. 191, NO. 8. Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1991, VENEZUELA, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW -- 1991: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL, P. 59. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: LOCHER, 1974, P. 572; RODRIGUEZ M., 1986; ANONYMOUS, 1991. Reserve-Resource:: BELLIZZIA AND OTHERS, 1981, P. 16. EMJ, 1990, V. 191, NO. 8.