Mine detail: Loma De Hierro

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Location:	Miranda, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long:	10.13439, -67.08283
dep_id:	10068465
mrds_id:	W001526
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Nickel
Minor mineral:	Cobalt
Trace mineral:	Iron, Aluminum, Chromium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
ore:	Garnierite, Goethite
orebody_fm:	BLANKET
model:	110: Lateritic Ni
alteration:	Serpentinized Harzburgite
conc_proc:	Lateritic Weathering And Secondary Concentration Of Nickel.
Reporter:	Irving, Earl M., Shaffer, Glenn L., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit:	Paracotos Formation;Tucutunemo Formation
hrock_type:	Harzburgite
arock_unit:	Los Naranjos;Tiara Formation
arock_type:	Conglomerate,Tuff,Basalt
Structure:	Coastal Ranges Of North-Central Venezuela . N 70 Deg E, Elongate Serpentinite Sill, 1-4km Wide By 21 Km Long
tectonic:	Orogenic Belt, Allocthonous Coastal Ranges
disc_yr:	1941
discr:	Enrique Rubio S., Manuel Tello B. And Carlos Fernandez.
References:	Deposit:: LAVIE, H., 1967, EVALUACION DE LATERITOS EN LOMO DE HIERRO, BOL. GEOL. VEN. V.8, NO.16, PP199-214 Deposit:: BELLIZZIA G., A, 1967, ROCAS ULTRABASICAS, MONTANAS A DEL CARIBE, VENEZUELA, DO. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 6/72, P.318 Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1973, NICKEL (CHAPTER IN): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, P. 440...5) MINING MAGAZINE, 9/75, P. 207. Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 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:: INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P. Deposit:: BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTAL 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:: COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P. Deposit:: PETERS, H.D., 1975, NICKEL--VORKOMMEN, PRODUKTION, BEDARFSDECKUNG IM RAHMEN DER WELTWIRTSCHAFT [NICKEL; OCCURENCE,-PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY IN WORLD TRADE]: ESSEN, GERMANY, BERGBAU, ROHSTOFFE, EN-ERGIE, VERLAG GLUCK AUF GMBH, V. 9, 112 P. Deposit:: LAVIE, H.J., 1971, YACIMIENTOS DE LATERITAS NIQUELIFERAS DE LOMA DE HIERRO, ESTADOS MIRANDA Y ARAGUA, IN PUBL. ESP-EC.: VENEZUELA DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, NO. 5, TOMO 1, P. 357. -(G13) Deposit:: LAVIE, H, EVALUACION DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE LATERITAS NIQUELIFERAS EN LOMA DE YIERRO, VENEZUELA: BOL. GEOL., V.8, NO 16, PP 200-214, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, VENEZUELA. Deposit:: 1946 DIREXPL INTERNATIONAL NICKEL CORP. UNTIL 1960 Deposit:: 1966 DIREXPL MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, VENEZUELA Other Database:: ISMI Other Database:: CIMRI Reserve-Resource:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985; INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, P. 566.