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San Quintin

Occurrence in Yaracuy, Venezuela with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10060464
MRDS ID TC20132
Record type Site
Current site name San Quintin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.78287, 10.61771 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 KM NE OF SAN FELIPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yaracuy(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Yaracuy

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FEO=29.80%, FE2O3 = 35.92%, TIO2 = 32.70%, INSOLUBLES = 1.04%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Rock unit name Yumare Complex
    Rock description Yumare Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.78287, 10.61771
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSES, LENSES, DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • JOMA-TYPE DEPOSIT. OCCURRENCES WERE DEPOSITED ON THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HYPOTHETICAL RESERVES PLACED AT OVER 400,000 MT BY MEM.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSITS STUDIES BY INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE PETROQUIMICA AND BY DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA E HIDROCARBUROS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ, M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P.

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P.

  • Deposit

    BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTEL DE BELLIZZIA, N., AND RODRIGUEZ, S., 1981, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA Y SU RELACION A LA METALOGENESIS: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 8, P. 6-77.

  • Deposit

    COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 LEVELS: A) YELLOW TO YELLOW-BROWN CLAY MATERIAL WITH ALTERED MINERAL LENSES (2.5 M); B) WEATHERED ROCKS WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ORIGINAL ROCKS (29.18M); C) FRESH ROCK (15.83M)
Deposit LENSES PARALLEL FOLIATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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