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Purgatorio

Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067007
MRDS ID TC50038
Record type Site
Current site name Purgatorio
Alternate or previous names El Purgatorio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.69046, 7.18927 (WGS84)

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
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization

Analytical data

Result AU GRADES ARE REPORTED TO RUN BETWEEN 6 AND 12 G/T.

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Vuelvan Caras Pluton
    Rock description Vuelvan Caras Pluton
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Caballape Formation;Grupo Carichapo
    Rock description Caballape Formation;Grupo Carichapo

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.69046, 7.18927
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Tumeremo Region

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SARDI AND OTHERS, 1987.

  • Deposit

    VASQUEZ, J.C., 1989, EL MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS Y LA EXPLORACION AURIFERA, IN PRIMER SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DEL ORO EN VENEZUELA: CARACAS, GRAFICAS LOS PALOS GRANDES C.A., P. 300-324.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS OCCUR NEAR CONTACT OF CABALLAPE FM AND GRUPO CARICHAPO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.) 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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