El Leon

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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105424
MRDS ID TC50390
Record type Site
Current site name El Leon
Alternate or previous names Leon-Tigre, La Prueba Concession

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.84105, 7.3012 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location-- Lat-Long Is A Central Location For The El Callao District.

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

  • THE EXACT LOCATION OF THIS MINE WITHIN THE DISTRICT IS NOT KNOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.84105, 7.3012

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 40S
    Thickness 0.06M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Callao District

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Material ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^13.0 G Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 13g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCHER, EUGENIO, 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA, IN MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA INTER-GUAYANAS, CIUDAD GUAYANA, VENEZUELA, MAYO 7-14, 1972: CARACAS, EDITORAL SUCRE, P. 559-587

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LOCHER, 1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-91 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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