San Rafael

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10105121
MRDS ID TC20279
Record type Site
Current site name San Rafael

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.59243, 6.86262 (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

  • NE OF EL DORADO NEAR LA CAMORRA AND EL CARMEN.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.59243, 6.86262

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 0.11M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BENAIM, NESIN, 1974, GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION EL DORADO-ANACOCO-BOTANAMO, ESTADO BOLIVAR: MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 6, NOVENA CONFERENCIA INTER-GUAYANAS, P. 198-206, INCLUDES MAP.

  • Deposit

    LOCHER, EUGENIO, 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA: MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6, P. 558-587.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Brooks, William E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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