La Raya

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099507
MRDS ID TC39908
Record type Site
Current site name La Raya
Alternate or previous names Maicena, Olimpo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.56299, 6.06877 (WGS84)
Relative position CONCESSION, UNCERTAIN 10 KM WEST OF MAIN HIGHWAY AND 10 KM SOUTH OF LAS CRISTINAS PROPERTY.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.56299, 6.06877

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEAR ZONE
    Width 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strongly Sheared, Hematitic Clay Altered Saprolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kilometer 88

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Io Intnenture; Carson Fold; Venezuelan Goldfields Ltd.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING BUSINESS DIGEST, 1993, CARSON GOLD CORP., MBD, MARCH 1993, P. 5

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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