Mine detail: Placoa

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Location

Lat / long: 7.29288, -63.22858

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Imataca Complex
Host type:Quartzite,Granite
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW026892
DEP10111254
Reference{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302-380.}{Deposit:: FERENCIC, ANTE J., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN ISIDRO IRON DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 283-297.}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret