Mine detail: Cerro Altamira

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Location

Lat / long: 7.47564, -63.22719

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
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW026899
DEP10078529
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:: LAKE, M.C., 1950, CERRO BOLIVAR - U.S. STEE* NEW IRON ORE BONANZA: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V. 151, NO. 8, P. 72-83.}{Deposit:: ASCANIO, G., 1985, YACIMIENTOS DE MINERAL DE HIERRO DEL PRECAMBRIO DE VENEZUELA: I SIMPOSIUM AMAZONICO, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 10, P. 464-473.}{Deposit:: FERENCIC, A.J., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN ISIDRO IRON ORE DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 283-297.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, 1970.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Bolm, Karen S. (Page, Norman J)