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Ganges I

Occurrence in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060485
MRDS ID TC20162
Record type Site
Current site name Ganges I

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.07855, 8.13005 (WGS84)
Elevation 383

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bolivar(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Bolivar

Comments on the location information

  • TO THE E OF GANGES II, NORTH OF THE MINING ROAD TO GUACURIPIA AT KM 21 X (895 600-895 300) Y (588 600-589 200)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result PISOLITE COMPOSITION: 20.91% MN, 17.80% FE, 12.41% SIO2, 14.63% AL2O3, 0.22% P2O5, 0.14% CAO, 0.17% MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Imataca Complex
    Rock description Imataca Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.07855, 8.13005
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 311500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 20.91 wt-pct Manganese Major 1967
    Iron Fe 17.8 wt-pct Iron Major 1967

Comments on development

  • 8 HA EXPLORED; SOME 365.8 M OF TRENCHES AND SURVEYS TO A DEPTH OF 14 M - OVER HALF DONE IN 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DROVENIK, F., KRULC, Z., TAJDER, M., AND TALIC, S., 1967, MENAS MANGANESIFERAS DE LA REGION DE UPATA: VENEZUELA, DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, V. 8, NO. 17, P. 3-163

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENTLE DIP TO S AND W; PISOLITES IN A N70E BELT 700M LONG AND 100 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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