Providencia

Occurrence in Lara, Venezuela with commodities Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060524
MRDS ID TC20208
Record type Site
Current site name Providencia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.38288, 9.96774 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lara(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Lara

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.38288, 9.96774

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAINLY VOLCANIC AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS GENERATED AT OCEAN RIDGES AND/OR ISLAND ARCS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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