Mine detail: Bailadores Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag Mine

Previously called 'Las TapiasDe Lima No'

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Location

Lat / long: 8.35116, -71.88295

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1672

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
Last production ended: 1966

Geology

Host rock:Mucuchachi Formation-Phyllite, Metavolcaniclastic Rocks
Host type:Metavolcanic Rock,Phyllite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:N 40 Deg E Folding Of Mucuchachi Formation; Caricuenca (Strike N65e, Dip 23sw) And Monsilvenia (Strike N30e, Dip 13sw) Faults, Regional Foliation And Related Shearing And Small-Scale Drag Folding Associated With Regional Dynamic Metamorphism And Later Cross Faults
Tectonic:Andes
Alteration processes:The Rocks Show Intense Alteration Caused By Hydrothermal Fluids And Fumarolic Gases That Formed Biotite, Chlorite, Margarite, And Sericite.

References

MRDSW002100
DEP10068842
Reference{Deposit:: MOYA R., E.A., 1973, EXPRESION GEOGUIMICA DEL Y ACIMIENTO LIMA NO 2, BAILADORES, MERIDA, (ABSTRACT), II CONGR. LATIN AMERICA.}{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:: CARLSON, GERALD G., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE BAILADORES, VENEZUELA, MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, P. 1131-1141.}{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:: DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, CARACAS, VENEZUELA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, P. 572.}
ReporterIrving, Earl M., Bolm, Karen S.