Mine detail: Cerro Bolivar

Previously called 'La Parida'

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Location

Lat / long: 7.45898, -63.3972

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Metal
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
Orebody form: LENSES
Discovery year: 1947

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1954

Geology

Host rock:Imataca Complex
Host type:Quartzite,Gneiss
Structure:Isoclinal Folding Along Ene-Wsw Axes, Tight Folding And Imbricate Reverse Faulting
Tectonic:Guayana Shield
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW026900
DEP10111256
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:: RUCKMICK, J.C., 1963, THE IRON ORES OF CERRO BOLIVAR, VENEZUELA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 58, P. 218-236.}{Deposit:: RILEY, C.M., 1966, OUR MINERAL RESOURCES: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY & SONS, 338 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.}{Deposit:: ASCANIO, G., 1985, YACIMIENTOS DE MINERAL DE HIERRO DEL PRECAMBRIO DE VENEZUELA: I SIMPOSIUM AMAZONICO, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 10, P. 464-473.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1981, IRON ORE MINING IN VENEZUELA: V. 145, NO. 1, P. 18-25.}{Deposit:: INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P.}{Deposit:: COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.}{Deposit:: GRUSS, H., 1973, ITABIRITE IRON ORES OF THE LIBERIA AND GUYANA SHIELDS, IN GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN IRON AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS: PROC. KIEV SYMPOSIUM (1970), UNESCO EARTH SCI. SER., NO. 9, P. 335-359.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, P. 562.}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, 1970.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Bolm, Karen S.