Mine detail: Cerro Gutierrez

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Location

Lat / long: 8.06366, -62.6244

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Martite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Imataca Complex
Host type:Gneiss,Granite
Structure:El Pao Fault
Tectonic:Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSTC20157
DEP10100797
Reference{Deposit:: RODRIGUEZ, M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALS 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:: ASCANIO, G., 1985, YACIMIENTOS DE MINERAL DE HIERRO DEL PRECAMBRICO DE VENEZUELA: I SIMPOSIUM AMAZONICO, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 10, P. 464-473.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: LOPEZ, FERNANDO, MINE GEOLOGIST, SEPT. 1991.}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.