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Guarimba

Past Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Gold
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064984
MRDS ID TC39909
Record type Site
Current site name Guarimba
Alternate or previous names Amarillo Trend

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.50687, 6.18376 (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

  • SW OF LA CRISTINA CONCESSION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.50687, 6.18376
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKETS/SHEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kilometer 88

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canarc Resources, Corpoaurifer; Consolidated Magna Ventures
    First year 1993

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC MINING, DREDGES ON CUYUNI. 20 GARIMPEIROS MINING GOLD BEARING GRAVELS.

Comments on development

  • $200,000 EXPLORATION PROGRAM TO BEGIN JULY 1993. PRELIMINARY AUGER AND DIAMOND DRILLING DEC. 1993. 14 HOLE (1600 M) DRILL PROGRAM CARRIED OUT JAN-MAY 1994 ON NE CORNER OF PROPERTY; 12 HOLES INTERSECTED LOW AU VALUES OR AU ON ALONE VALUES OVER NARROW THICKNESSES. ONE HOLE 94-6 INTERSECTED 29.4 M ZONE OF 0.22 G AU IN BROAD SHEAR ZONE; HOLE 94-7 INTERSECTED 6 M OF 18.7 G AU IN NEAR SURFACE SAPROLITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1993, EARLY WORK ON GUARIMBA: MINING JOURNAL LONDON, DECEMBER 10, 1993, P. 400

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2,000 HECTARES (5000 ACRES). TWO MAJOR SHEAR ZONES AND SEVERAL MINOR FAULT ZONES ARE BROAD CONTROL FOR MINERALIZATION. BROAD SHEAR ZONE WITH STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ-PYRITE-CALCITE VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1994 Page, Norman 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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