Mine detail: Maria Luisa

Previously called 'Cerro Maria Luisa'

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Location

Lat / long: 7.79729, -63.07163

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES, IRREGULAR IN THICKNESS AND LENGTH

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Imataca Complex
Host type:Quartzite,Granite
Tectonic:Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW026893
DEP10093762
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:: FERENCIC, ANTE J., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN ISIDRO IRON DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 283-297.}{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:: 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, BENJAMIN, 1970.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Bolm, Karen S.