Mine detail: San Isidro

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Location

Lat / long: 7.39314, -63.22635

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Martite
Gangue: Muscovite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year: 1948

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Imataca Complex
Host type:Quartzite,Granite
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW026854
DEP10078504
Reference{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302-380.}{Deposit:: FERENCIC, ANTE J., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN ISIDRO IRON ORE DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 283-297.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Deposit:: RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION GENERALSSECTORIAL DE MINAS Y GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P.}{Deposit:: COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Shaffer, Glenn L., Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.