Mine detail: Manoa

Previously called 'Cerro YaguasimainaImataca Mines'

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Location: Delta Amacuro*, Venezuela, South America
Lat / long: 8.40975, -61.33187
dep_id: 10105118
mrds_id: TC20006
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 188: Algoma Fe
alteration: Laterization
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Imataca
hrock_type: Quartzite,Granite
arock_type: Norite,Granite
tectonic: Guayana Shield
Year first produced: 1912
prod_yrs: 1912-1914
References:
  • Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P.
  • Deposit:: ZULOAGA, GUILLERMO, 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE IRON DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRA DE IMATACA, VENEZUELA: AM. INST. MIN. METALURGY TRANS., V. 115, P. 307-340.
  • Deposit:: LIDDLE, R.A., 1946, THE GEOLOGY OF VENEZUELA AND TRINIDAD: ITHACA, NY, PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION, 890 P.
  • Deposit:: LAKE, M.C., 1950, CERRO BOLIVAR - U.S. STEE* NEW IRON ORE BONANZA: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V. 151, NO. 8, P. 72-83.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: LIDDLE, 1946, P. 584.
  • Reserve-Resource:: RODRIGUEZ, 1986, P. 144.
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