Mine detail: El Trueno

Previously called 'Cerro El Trueno'

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Location

Lat / long: 7.14483, -64.08499

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Martite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Imataca Complex
Host type:Quartzite,Granulite
Structure:Oriented Ew To N70e And Forms Compressed Folds
Tectonic:Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW026894
DEP10078525
Reference{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN 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 DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4 , NO. 3 , P. 283 - 297}{Deposit:: INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 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:: COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, 1970.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Bolm, Karen S.