Mine detail: Las Pailas

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

7.29288, -63.22858

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Martite
Gangue:	Apatite, Biotite, Muscovite, Quartz, Spessartite, Zircon

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Imataca Complex
Host type:	Quartzite,Granite
Structure:	Guri-Carapo Fault Zone; E-W To N70e Oriented Structures Forming Compressed Folds
Tectonic:	Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:	Laterization

References

MRDS	W026897
DEP	10078527
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:: 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., 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.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, 1970.}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret, Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.