Mine detail: San Isidro Iron Quadrilateral

Previously called 'Sna IsiddroSanta BarbaraPunto Del CerroLas AdjuntasLas GrullasPiacoaEl TruenoMaria LuisaLos Barrancos I and IiSan JoaquinLas PailasCuadrilatero Ferrifero De San IsidroLos Bauancos ILos Bauancos IiCerro Sa'

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Location

Lat / long:

7.4179, -63.16611

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Iron
Discovery year:	1948

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	BANDED IRON FORMATION
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Structure:	LARGE ISOCLINAL ANTICLINES WITH AXES TRENDING E-W, AND SHEARED SYNCLINES, RANGES TRENDING NE-SW AND CONFORMING TO THE REGIONAL MORPHOTECTONIC PATTERN.
Alteration processes:	LATERIZATION

References

MRDS	W026853
DEP	60001746
Reference	{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF 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 ORE DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 283-297.}{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:: SANCHEZ, H., URBINA, P., BLANCHIN, R., 1991, ESTIMATION DES RESERVES GLOBALES, CERRO SAN ISIDRO, VENEZUELA: CENTRE *TUDES SUPERIEURS DES TECHNIQUES MINERES: THESIS, UNNUMBERED PAGES.}