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La Camorra

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. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060395
MRDS ID TC20033
Record type Site
Current site name La Camorra
Alternate or previous names Camorra, La Camorra Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.55465, 6.76012 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 KM NE OF EL DORADO.

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

  • NEAR EL CARMEN AND SAN RAFAEL. THE LA CAMORRA CONCESSION COVERS 500 ACRES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Greenschist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.55465, 6.76012
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 0.11M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1994

Mining district

District name El Dorado

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joint Venture: Monarch Resources Ltd. (Suramericana) And Cyprus Minerals Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1866-1968
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^19.7 G/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 20g/mt
  • Year 1968
    Period To 1968
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^19.7 G/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 20g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • MONARCH'S NEW MINE TARGETED TO PRODUCE 2.5 MILLION GRAMS PER YEAR. MONARCH RESOURCES BEGAN PRODUCING GOLD IN 1994.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 3100000kg commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.1 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 887000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 19.06 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 538840000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 22.4 g/mt Gold Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1988 ESTIMATE TO 300 M DEPTH. 1990 DEPOSIT ESTIMATE IS DRILL-INDICATED RESERVES AND THE DEPOSIT IS OPEN TO EAST AND AT DEPTH. ORE (1) 1994- IS PROBABLE MINING RESERVE IN NEW UNDERGROUND MINE. ORE (2) 1994 IS OPEN PIT RESERVE.

Comments on the workings information

  • NEW UNDERGROUND MINE AND OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • MINERAL RECLAMATION TECHNOLOGY CORP. SA DID THREE YEARS OF EXPLORATION IN THE AREA. ; ECON.COM: THE AREA IS SUITABLE FOR OPEN-PIT MINING, WITH EXTRACTION COSTS ESTIMATED AT $10/MT VS. $40/MT FOR UNDERGROUND MINING. LATER INFORMATION SUGGESTS MORE SUITABLE FOR UNDERGROUND MINING.

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.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1988, MONARCH LEADS A GOLD CONSORTIUM IN VENEZUELA: V.198, NO. 2, P. 16, 65.

  • Deposit

    LOCHER, EUGENIO, 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA: MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, CIUDAD GUAYANA, VENEZUELA, MAYO 7-14, 1972: CARACAS, EDITORIAL SUCRE, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6, P. 558-587.

  • Deposit

    BENAIM, NESIN, 1974, GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION EL DORADO-ANACOCA-BOTANAMO, ESTADO BOLIVAR, VENEZUELA, DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL 6, MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, P. 198-206, (INCLUDES MAP).

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ M.,SS.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION GENERAL SECTORIAL DE MINAS Y GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P.

  • Deposit

    ALBERTO MANRIQUE, CONSULTANT, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 9-23-91.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1990, V. 191, N. 8, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1991, VENEZUELA, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW--1991: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1994, MONARCH SPREADS ITS WINGS IN EL DORADO CAMP: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 26, 1994, P. C7.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1994, MONARCH PRODUCTION RISES: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 40, P. 3.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LOCHER (1974, P. 572) RODRIGUEZ M. (1986); ANON (1994).

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMJ (1988) EMJ, AUG. 1990, V. 191, N. 8, P. 59. MINING JOURNAL (1991); ANON. (1994).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOLD-BEARING STRUCTURE IS THOUGHT TO BE 5 KM IN LENGTH AND 2-3 KM IN WIDTH. THE VEINS ARE LARGE AND FEW IN NUMBER -- NO VEIN SYSTEM OR STOCKWORK, BUT THE VEINS ARE ROUGHLY PARALLEL.
Deposit First Production Year: JUNE 1994 (NEW UNDERGROUND MINE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1994 Brooks, W.E.; Page, N.J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-MAR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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