Mine detail: Vuelvan Caras

Previously called 'Vuelvan Caracas'

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Location

Lat / long: 7.10732, -60.76075

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: VEIN
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: EXPLOITED 1939-1942 IN ZONE OF OXIDATION.

Geology

Host rock:El Callao;Caballape Formation;Grupo Carichapo
Host type:Metasedimentary Rock,Metavolcanic Rock
Associated rock:Vuelvan Caras Pluton
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure:Caps Of Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks And Metasediments Intruded By Granites
Tectonic:Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:Sericitization, Chloritization

References

MRDSTC20022
DEP10107031
Reference{Deposit:: VASQUEZ, J.C., 1989, EL MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS Y LA EXPLORACION AURIFERA, IN PRIMER SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DEL ORO EN VENEZUELA: CARACAS, GRAFICAS LOS PALOS GRANDES C.A., P. 300-324.}{Deposit:: LOPEZ, V.M., 1981, EL ORO EN VENEZUELA: CARACAS, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION DE MINAS, 116 P.}{Deposit:: LOCHER, EUGENIO, 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA: IN MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, CIUDAD GUAYANA, VENEZUELA, MAYO 7-14, 1972: CARACAS, EDITORAL SUCRE, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6, P. 559-587.}{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:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P.}{Deposit:: GRATEROL, V.R., 1974, RESULTADOS DE LA PROSPECCION GEOFISICA EN LAS ZONAS DE VUELVEN CARAS Y BOTANAMO, ESTADO BOLIVAR: MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL 6, P. 529-549.}{Deposit:: MENDOZA S., V., 1985, POTENCIAL AURIFERO DE GUAYANA; TRABAJO EN PROGRESO, IN ESPEJO, A., RIOS, J.H., AND DE BELLIZZIA, N.P., EDS., VI CONGRESO GEOLOGICO VENEZOLANO: CARACAS, VENEZUELA, SEPT. 29 - OCT. 6, 1985, MEMORIA CONGRESO GEOLOGICO VENEZOLANO, V. 6, P. 4038-4068.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: LOCHER, 1974, P. 578; 1939-42 ESTIMATE FROM MENDOZA, 1985.}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)