Piacoa

Prospect in Venezuela with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158494
MAS/MILS ID 3070010001
Record type Site
Current site name Piacoa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.49951, 9.5011 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Venezuela

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.49951, 9.5011

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ferrominera Orinoco, C. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Venezuela
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Indicated 80000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 80000000mt ore
    Total resources 80000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 45 wt-pct Iron Trace 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Demonstrated 125000000mt ore
    Total resources 125000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron FeS2 45 wt-pct Iron Trace 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H. F., AND T. T. READ, ORES AND INDUSTRY IN SOUTH

  • Deposit

    AMERICA, ARNO PRESS, 1976, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, G. O., JR., FERROMINERA ORINCO MODERNIZES IRON MINES

  • Deposit

    TO MEET ORE DEMANDS, WORLD MINING, MARCH 1977, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    OUR PROGRESS IS WROUGHT WITH IRON, C. V. G. FERROMINERA 48

  • Deposit

    ORINOCO C. A., 1976, P. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-1994 Peterson, Gary R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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