Los Guamos

Occurrence in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Aluminum
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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060473
MRDS ID TC20146
Record type Site
Current site name Los Guamos
Alternate or previous names Cerro Los Guamos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.41772, 8.05949 (WGS84)

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

  • IMMEDIATELY N OF EL BAUL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Analytical data

Result 3.41-21.72% SIO2
Result 2.50-29.13% FE2O3
Result 40.67-60.05% AL2O3.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.41772, 8.05949

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N55e Alignment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upata District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE BASED ON A DENSITY OF 2.3 OVER AN AREA OF 225,400 SQ. M.

Comments on development

  • 10 MINERAL SURVEYS WITH 11.5 M OF EXCAVATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANDIALES, L.J., 1961, DESCUBRIMIENTO Y EXPLORACION DE BAUXITA EN VENEZUELA, V. 4, P. 1661-1680

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BAUXITE CLAYS AND COMPACT, CELLULAR, FINE GRAINED BAUXITE. OUTCROPS ARE POOR AS ORE IS COVERED BY A CAP OF LATERITE TO BAUXITE EARTH APPROXIMATELY 0.20-1.70 M THICK.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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