San Joaquin

Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078526
MRDS ID W026895
Record type Site
Current site name San Joaquin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -63.21774, 7.41842 (WGS84)
Elevation 725
Relative position ABOUT 25 KM E OF CERRO BOLIVAR.

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
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Martite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Laterization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 188
USGS model code 28b
Deposit model name Algoma Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Imataca Complex
    Rock description Imataca Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -63.21774, 7.41842

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Guri-Carapo Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Length 1600M
    Width 400M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Isidro Iron Quadrilateral

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Measured 65000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 62 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302-380.

  • Deposit

    FERENCIC, ANTE J., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN ISIDRO IRON DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 283-297.

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION GENERAL SECTORIAL DE MINAS Y GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P.

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P.

  • Deposit

    BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTEL DE BELLIZZIA, N., AND RODRIGUEZ, S.E., 1981, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA Y SU RELACION A LA METALOGENESIS: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 8, P. 6-77.

  • Deposit

    COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS ONE OF NINE DEPOSITS IN THE SAN ISIDRO IRON QUADRILATERAL, SEE MRDS FORM FOR THAT QUADRILATERAL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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