Mine detail: Laguna Mine-Santa Rita

Previously called 'LagunaLaguna EsteAnd Laguna Superficie Veins'

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Location

Lat / long: 7.31898, -61.83549

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Ore: Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue: Kaolin, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1898

Geology

Host type:Schist,Andesite
Structure:The Laguna Dike
Tectonic:Greenstone Belt
Alteration processes:Albitization, Kaolinization, Silicification

References

MRDSTC20130
DEP10107032
Reference{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 6, P. 558-587.}{Deposit:: LOPEZ, V.M., 1981, EL ORO EN VENEZUELA: CARACAS, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION DE MINAS 116 P.}{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:: KILBURN, JOAN, 1994, EL COLLAO REGION ATTRACTS INTEREST: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT 26, 1994, P. C1-C2.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: LOCHER, 1974, P. 565; RODRIGUEZ M., 1986.}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.