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Cerro Gutierrez

Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Iron
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  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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100797
MRDS ID TC20157
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Gutierrez

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.6244, 8.06366 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimate (Used El Pao Which Is Quite Close)

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • HARD ORE AND COARSE-GRAINED IRON

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 > Gneiss
    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) -62.6244, 8.06366
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description El Pao Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 1000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Pao District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cvg Ferromina Orinoco C. A.

Comments on development

  • 19 DIAMOND DRILLINGS - CVG FERROMINA ORINOCO C.A. PLANS DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ, M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALS 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

    ASCANIO, G., 1985, YACIMIENTOS DE MINERAL DE HIERRO DEL PRECAMBRICO DE VENEZUELA: I SIMPOSIUM AMAZONICO, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 10, P. 464-473.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LOPEZ, FERNANDO, MINE GEOLOGIST, SEPT. 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE GRAINED IRON FORMATION IN WHICH THE DIAMETER OF THE CRYSTALS IS MORE THAN A MILLIMETER. GNEISS WITH POOR BANDS OF SILICA WITH LESS THAN 15% IRON ALTERNATE WITH RICH BANDS OF IRON OXIDES WITH MORE THAN 60% IRON. THE RICH BANDS ARE SOMETIMES IN THE FORM OF LENSES OF HARD ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-91 Orris, Greta J. 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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