Mine detail: Cerro Arimagua

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 7.68036, -63.09385

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSW026898
DEP10078528
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:: 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.}{Deposit:: LAKE, M.C., 1950, CERRO BOLIVAR - U.S. STEE* NEW IRON ORE BONANZA: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V. 151, NO. 8, P. 72-83.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, 1970.}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L., Bolm, Karen S.