Mine detail: Carmen De Cocuaima

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Location

Lat / long: 10.46272, -69.9079

Resource(B)

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form: VEINS, LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1969

Geology

Host rock:Nirgua
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Marble,Schist,Amphibolite
Structure:The Regional Strike Of The Foliation Is N40e And The Dip Is To The North. The Faults And Shear Zones Are Oriented N25-35e, N5e, N60e, And N30-40w. The Deposit Is In The Southern Portion Of The Bocono Fault Zone Of The Yaracuy Graben.
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal Solutions Caused Siliceous, Calcitic And Pyritic Alteration

References

MRDSTC20142
DEP10105120
Reference{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}
ReporterBolm, Karen S.