Mine detail: Cerro Frontera

Previously called 'Frontera'

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Location

Lat / long: 7.46231, -63.33135

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,Granite
Tectonic:Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW026902
DEP10078531
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:: 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.