Mine detail: Las Cristinas

Previously called 'Km 88: Conductora and Cuatro Muertos ZonesAchilles-Cordova Zone'

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Location

Lat / long: 6.2457, -61.54659

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Clay, Dolomite, Hematite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Schist
Associated rock:Supamo Complex
Associated type:Plutonic Rock,Granite
Structure:Shear Zone >125 Km Trending Ne-Sw.
Tectonic:Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:Wall Rock Alteration Consists Of Propylitization, Carbonatization, And Argillization

References

MRDSTC20079
DEP10060423
Reference{Deposit:: VASQUEZ, J.C., 1989, EL MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS Y LA EXPLORACION AURIFERA, IN PRIMER SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DEL ORO EN VENEZUELA: CARACAS, GRAFICAS LOS PALOS GRANDES C.A., P. 300-324.}{Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL GOLD MINING NEWSLETTER, 1993, THE KILOMETER 88 GOLD RUSH, P. 35.}{Deposit:: DAWSON, STEVEN, 1994, EXPLORATION AND STUDIES CONTINUE AT LAS CRISTINAS: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 26, 1994, P. C1, C8.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1994, LAS CRISTINAS GOLD RESERVES ON THE RISE: THE NORTHERN MINER, V.80, NO. 31, P.1.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1993, PLACER DOME REPORTS ON VENEZUELAN EXPLORATIONS: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 25, 1993, P. 15.}{Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 16, JANUARY*4, P. 18-19.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1995, NEW FIND DELAYS LAS CRISTINAS: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 81, NO. 10, P. 1-2.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.), Gray, Floyd, Page, Norman J.