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Rio Aroi

Occurrence in Delta Amacuro*, Venezuela with commodity Aluminum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060377
MRDS ID TC20005
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Aroi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.38993, 8.44197 (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*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES: BO-3235 = 1.99% SIO2, 70.80%AL2O3, 1.19% FE2O3, 25.50% LTI BO-3234 = 3.24% SIO2, 63.61% AL2O3, 1.59%FE2OS, 29.35% LTI

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.38993, 8.44197
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 20000M
    Width 20000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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 THE LATERITIC-BAUXITE AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 20X20 KM. THE BAUXITE HERE IS OF GOOD QUALITY.

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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