Mine detail: Imperial Mine

Location:	Delta Amacuro*, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long:	8.54225, -62.333
dep_id:	10060483
mrds_id:	TC20159
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Hematite
gangue:	Quartz
model:	188: Algoma Fe
alteration:	Laterization
Reporter:	Bolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)
hrock_unit:	Imataca Complex
hrock_type:	Quartzite,Granite
tectonic:	Guayana Shield
References:	Deposit:: ZULOAGA, GUILLERMO, 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE IRON DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRA DE IMATACA, VENEZUELA: AM. INST. MIN. METALLURGY TRANS., V. 115, P. 307-340. 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:: LEIDING VALDEZ, BENJAMIN, 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, P. 209-223. Other Database:: CIMRI