Mine detail: Guaicas

Previously called 'Las GuicasLos GuaicasSerrania De Los Guaicas'

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Location

Lat / long: 6.2182, -63.08719

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal
Secondary: Silica, Ferrosilicon
Ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite, Goethite, Hematite, Ilmenite
Orebody form: BLANKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Roraima;Supamo Complex
Host type:Diabase,Metasedimentary Rock
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Anticline With Se-Nw Strike; Cret To E Tert Nuria Peneplain (600-700 M).
Tectonic:Guayana Shield

References

MRDSW002101
DEP10068843
Reference{Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P., 1 OVER-SIZE SHEET.}{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:: INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P.}{Deposit:: BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTEL 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:: SINKOVEC, BORIS, 1967, LATERITAS Y SUS ROCAS MADRES DE LA REGION DE LA SERRANIA DE LOS GUAICAS, ESTADO BOLIVAR (VENEZUELA): MINISTERIO DE MINAS Y HIDROCARBUROS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, V. 8, NO. 16, P. 238-272.}{Deposit:: MENENDEZ, A., AND SARMENTERO, A., 1984, GEOLOGY OF THE LOS PIJIGUAOS BAUXITE DEPOSITS, VENEZUELA, IN JACOB, L., JR., (EDS.), BAUXITE; PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1984 BAUXITE SYMPOSIUM: LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, FEB. 27 - MARCH 1, 1984, AM. INST. MIN., METALL. AND PET. ENG., P. 387-407.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterIrving, Earl M., Bolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)