Cano Maraya

Past Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10067056
MRDS ID TC50097
Record type Site
Current site name Cano Maraya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.82394, 3.82722 (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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.82394, 3.82722

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Trending Fault.

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN THIS AREA OF THE ORINOCO. THE DEPOSIT AREA OF CERRO YAPACANA I, CANO YAGUA, AND CANA MARAYA REPRESENTS DEPOSITS OF AU ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL MOUNTAIN LYING IN A BASE OF CRYSTALLINE ROCK (GRANITES) OF AYACHUCO PROVINCE. THE SMALL MOUNTAINS CONSIST OF QUARTZITE - METSEDIMENT BUT ARE NOT CONSIDERED RORAIMA FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SURFICIAL WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RINCON, HYDEE, AND YANEZ, GALLO, 1991, TECMIN UNPUBLISHED REPORTS INCLUDING MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Gray, Floyd) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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