Mine detail: Gran Sabana

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Location: Bolivar, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 5.76157, -61.7716
dep_id: 10060429
mrds_id: TC20087
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Trace mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolinite
gangue: Ilmenite, Muscovite, Quartz
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)
Structure: Jur (?) Kamarata Peneplain (900-1000 M Elevation).
References:
  • Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P., 1 OVER-SIZED SHEET.
  • Deposit:: BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTEL DE BELLIZZIA, N., AND RODRIGUEZ, S., 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:: 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, NO. 27, 228 P.
  • Deposit:: MENENDEZ, A., AND SARMENTERO, A., 1984, GEOLOGY OF THE LOS PIJIGUAOS BAUXITE DEPOSITS, VENEZUELA, IN JACOB, L., JR., (EDS.), BAUXITE; PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1984 BAUXITE SYMPOSIUM: LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, FEB. 27 - MARCH 1, 1984, AM. INST. MIN., METALL. AND PET. ENG., P. 387-407.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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