Anacoco Placers

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107243
MRDS ID TC50081
Record type Site
Current site name Anacoco Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.19437, 6.78567 (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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.19437, 6.78567

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tombstone Explorations ).
    First year 1993

Comments on development

  • TRENCHING, GEOCHEM, GEOPHYSICS, DRILLING BEGAN FEBRUARY, 1993 TO TEST SAPROLITE ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRANCO, JOSE LUIS, 1991, ORAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1994, ENCOURAGING RESULTS FOR TOMBSTONE: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JANUARY 7, 1994, P. 4.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD ZONE ANOMALY AREA TRACED FOR 1400 M ALONG STRIKE AND 400-800 M ACROSS STRIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Cox, Dennis P.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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