Mine detail: Churuata Uranium Occurrence

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Location: Amazonas*, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 3.55863, -65.48808
dep_id: 10060462
mrds_id: TC20129
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Thorium, REE, Zirconium, Tin, Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Aegirine, Bastnaesite, Biotite, Monazite, Riebeckite, Zircon
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Brooks, William E.)
hrock_unit: Roraima Group
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Quartz Syenite,Nepheline Syenite,Granite
Structure: Very Large Fault Trending Nw-Se, Extending S Into Brazil And Lying On The Eastern Edge Of The Roraima Structure, Circular Structure 2.5 Km In Diameter
References:
  • Deposit:: SOARES, M.A., 1985, ESTUDIO PETROGRAFICO DE LA ESTRUCTURA ALCALINA LA CHURUATA, TERRITORIA FEDERAL AMAZONAS: VI CONGRESO GEOLOGICO VENEZOLANO, P. 2117-2157.
  • Deposit:: SOARES, M.A., 1981, IN WOOLEY, A.R., 1987, ALKALINE ROCKS AND CARBONATITES OF THE WORLD, PART I: NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS, AUSTIN, 216 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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