El Padamo

Occurrence in Amazonas*, Venezuela with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10060560
MRDS ID TC20247
Record type Site
Current site name El Padamo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.3828, 3.6014 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amazonas*(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Amazonas*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Cen Laterization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Granulite
    Rock unit name Imataca Complex
    Rock description Imataca Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.3828, 3.6014

Economic information

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
Updater 01-OCT-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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