Mine detail: Icabaru Placers

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Location: Bolivar, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 4.30636, -61.74327
dep_id: 10060452
mrds_id: TC20117
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold, Diamond
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Diamond, Gold
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure: Caroni River Basin
tectonic: Guayana Shield
References:
  • Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCORRENCES IN HTE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P., 1 OVER-SIZED SHEET
  • Deposit:: PAGE, N.J., AND CONTRERAS, GLORIA, 1988, UNPUBLISHED MEMORANDUM.
  • Deposit:: LOPEZ, V.M., 1981, EL ORO EN VENEZUELA: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, 116 P.
  • Deposit:: RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P.
  • Deposit:: FAIRBAIRN, W.C., 1971, DIAMONDS IN VENEZUELA: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 125, NO. 4, P. 349-353.
  • Deposit:: ASCANIO T., G., AND LOPEZ, V.M., 1984, CONTRIBUCION A LA GEOLOGIA DEL GRUPO RORAIMA EN EL SURESTE DE VENEZUELA, IN DE CARVALHO, Y.B., CHAIRPERSON, II SYMPOSIUM AMAZONICO, ANAIS, MANAUS, BRAZIL, APR. 8-12, 1984: II SYMPOSIUM AMAZONICO, ANAIS 2, P. 149-162.
  • Deposit:: ANEZ, GUILLERMO, 1985, EXPLORACION Y EVALUACION DE POSIBLES DEPOSITOS DIAMANTIFEROS EN EL DISTRITO CEDENO DEL ESTADO BOLIVAR: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, I SYMPOSIUM AMAZONICO, NO. 10, P. 443-463.
  • Deposit:: DOHRENWEND, J.C., LOWRY, GLENDA, AND ARUSPON, JESUS, 1989, SURFICIAL GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE GRAN SABANA SUR: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 13 P.
  • 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:: LOCHER, E., 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA: MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGIA INTER-GUAYANAS, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6, P. 558-587.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ANEZ, 1985, P. 448.
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