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Rio Acure

Occurrence in Delta Amacuro*, Venezuela with commodities Aluminum, Clay
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  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060376
MRDS ID TC20004
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Acure

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.89908, 8.21421 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Delta Amacuro*(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Delta Amacuro*

Comments on the location information

  • AREA LIMITED BY THE ORINOCO RIVER TO THE NORTH BETWEEN SAN FELIX AND PIACOA, FROM PIACOA TO EL PALMAR, FROM EL PALMAR TO UPATA TO GURI, AND THE CARONI RIVER FROM GURI TO SAN FELIX.
  • BETWEEN CANO YAGUARAMO AND PIEDRA AZUL ON THE UPPER ACURE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Clay Tertiary

Analytical data

Result MUD CLAYS WHOSE ANALYSIS GAVE UP TO 56% AL2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.89908, 8.21421
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on development

  • CANDIALES (1961) RECOMMENDS FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THIS AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P., 1 OVER-SIZE SHEET.

  • Deposit

    CANDIALES, L.J., 1961, DESCUBRIMIENTO Y EXPLORACION DE BAUXITA EN VENEZUELA: CARACAS, III CONGRESO GEOLOGICO VENEZOLANO, V. 4, P. 1661-1680.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE IN DELTAIC SEDIMENTS AND CONSIST OF ERODED ALUMINA MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta 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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