Mine detail: Cerro Toribio

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 7.60591, -63.65498

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 Structures That Form Compressed Folds
Tectonic:Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW026904
DEP10078533
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:: 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.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Bolm, Karen S.