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Placers of Bochinche

Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067055
MRDS ID TC50095
Record type Site
Current site name Placers of Bochinche

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.78464, 7.54925 (WGS84)

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

  • AREA OF INTENSE SMALL PLACER MINING CORRESPONDS TO BOCHINCHE B-12 PROSPECT AREA, 10 KM E-W BY 5 KM N-S. GOLD CAN BE FOUND IN MANY PARTS OF THE GREENSTONE BELT HERE, BUT THIS AREA IS CLOSE TO THE ROAD TO TUMEREMO AND EASIER TO ACCESS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.78464, 7.54925
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SURFACE PLACER WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TECMIN, 1987-1990, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SURFACE PLACER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Cox, Dennis P.) 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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