El Placer

Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060393
MRDS ID TC20031
Record type Site
Current site name El Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.59438, 6.7954 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bolivar(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Bolivar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.59438, 6.7954

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N130E
    Dip 50S
    Thickness 0.11M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    LOCHER, EUGENIO, 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA: MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, CIUDAD GUAYANA, VENEZUELA, MAYO 7-14, 1972: CARACAS, EDITORIAL SUCRE, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6, P. 558-587.

  • 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LOCHER, 1974, P. 573; RODRIGUEZ M., 1986.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.