Mine detail: Altamira 2

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 7.5012, -63.41609

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Limonite

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 Having Compressed Folds
Tectonic:Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW026901
DEP10078530
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:: COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS.}{Deposit:: RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION GENERAL SECTORIAL DE MINAS Y 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.E., 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:: SANCHEZ, H., URBINA, P., AND BLAUCHIN, R., 1991, ESTIMATION DES RESERVES GLOBALUS, CERRO SAN ISIDRO VENEZUELA: CENTRE *TUDES SUPERIEURES DES TECHNIQUES MINERESES: NANCY, FRANCE, THESIS, UNNUMBERED PAGES.}{Production:: SANCHEZ AND OTHERS, 1991.}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Bolm, Karen S. (Greta Orris)