Las Flores

Past Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10067026
MRDS ID TC50060
Record type Site
Current site name Las Flores

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.40409, 7.06566 (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
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.40409, 7.06566

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, IN FAULT
    Thickness 2000M
    Length 18000M
    Width 8000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • STATUS; PASS PRODUCTION, CURRENT ILLEGAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARESPON, JESUS, 9-18-91, CVG-TECMIN, ORAL COMMUNICATION

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-ANKERITE VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS ABUNDANT COARSE GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Cox, Dennis P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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