Las Claritas De Uroy

Occurrence 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067091
MRDS ID TC50143
Record type Site
Current site name Las Claritas De Uroy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.90521, 6.26126 (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

  • JUST SOUTH OF RIO CHICANAN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.90521, 6.26126

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Chivao

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SALAZAR, E., 1988, INFORME GEOLOGICO-GEOCHEMICO DE ZONA DE UROY-CHIVAO, INTERNO INFORME DE TECNICA MINERA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CROPS OUT BETWEEN 150-200 M, AND 5 M WIDE. ANALYSIS: RANGE OF FOUR SAMPLES FALLS BETWEEN 27.7-34.9 PPM AU. INCLUDES SEVERAL OCCURRENCES ON STRUCTURE AND ABOUT 10 PROSPECTS ASSOCIATED IN NEARBY ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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