Mine detail: Sosa Mendez-Union Mine

Previously called 'Santa MariaUnionSosa MendezM.M.'

Location:	Bolivar, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long:	7.30453, -61.79438
dep_id:	10060463
mrds_id:	TC20131
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold, Scheelite
gangue:	Albite, Biotite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm:	VEIN
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration:	Carbonization, Chloritization, Epidotization
ore_ctrl:	N70e Shear Zone
Reporter:	Bolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)
hrock_unit:	El Callao Formation
hrock_type:	Meta-Basalt,Andesite
arock_unit:	Supamo Formation
arock_type:	Granite
tectonic:	Guayana Shield, Greenstone Belt
Year first produced:	1933
References:	Deposit:: LOCHER, EUGENIO, 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA, IN MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA INTER-GUAYANAS, CIUDAD GUAYANA, VENEZUELA, MAYO 7-14, 1972: CARACAS, EDITORAL SUCRE, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6, P. 559-587. 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: 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, ALFREDO, BENAIM, N., YANEZ, GALO, AND BAPTISTA, G., JOSE, 19??, GUIA LA EXCURSION GEOLOGIA GUASIPATI EL CALLAO-CANAIMA IN IX CONFERENCIA GEOLOGIA INTER-GUAYANAS EXCURSIONES GEOLOGICAS, P. 49-62. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: LOCHER, 1974, P. 577, 567.