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Santa Maria Deposit

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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060487
MRDS ID TC20165
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Maria Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.29106, 7.9495 (WGS84)
Elevation 465

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

  • 500 M FROM HWY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 18.95% MN, 27.18% FE, 5.35% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.29106, 7.9495
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • 5 SURVEYS, 62.6 M OF EXPLORATORY TRENCHES

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 SANTA MARIA DEPOSIT IS COVERED BY KANGA

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.

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