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Mandingal

Occurrence in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10060398
MRDS ID TC20038
Record type Site
Current site name Mandingal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.18495, 7.55536 (WGS84)
Relative position 35 KM NW OF GUASIPATI.

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANOMALOUS GEOCHEMISTRY DETECTED IN AREA. SOURCE OF ANOMALIES UNDETERMINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Cicapra Formation
    Rock description Cicapra Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.18495, 7.55536
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PORPHYRITIC GRANITE HAS QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS IN MATRIX OF QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

    LAVIE, H.J., 1974, PROSPECCION GEOMINERA EN GUAYANA: VENEZUELA, DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL 6, MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGIA INTER-GUAYANAS, P. 555-557.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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