Aroa District

Past Producer in Yaracuy, Venezuela with commodities Copper, Iron, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001336
MRDS ID TC20141
Record type District
Current site name Aroa District
Alternate or previous names Aroa Principal, Aroa Norte, San Antonio, Sanjon (Zanjon) Verde, Pozones, Cumaragua, Titiara, Santa Barbara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.89124, 10.45435 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position USED AROA, ESTIMATE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yaracuy(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Yaracuy

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL-TYPE PYROPHYLLITIC

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.89124, 10.45435

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1609
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name AROA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ, M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE 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., 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

    LIDDLE, R.A., 1946, THE GEOLOGY OF VENEZUELA AND TRINIDAD: ITHACA, NY, PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION, 890 P.

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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