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Cerro Once

Occurrence in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodities Aluminum, Kaolin, Iron
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060474
MRDS ID TC20147
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Once

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

  • THE DEPOSIT IS ON THE EXTREME NW PART OF THE HILL. ELEVATION IS 200 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result CELLULAR AND GRANULAR ORE, YELLOW CLAYEY ORE, AND FRIABLE, CLEAR ORE WITH ABUNDANT TRANSPARENT CRYSTALS HAVING RHOMBOIDAL CLEAVAGE. 3.8-19.60% SIO2
Result 7.10-26.06% FE2O3: 39.04-56.65% 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
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upata District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED TONNAGE FOR AN AREA OF 499,990 SQ. M.

Comments on development

  • 23 MINERAL SURVEYS WITH 32.75 M OF EXCAVATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ M., S.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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NW OF THE HILL. IN OTHER PLACES THERE IS A SUPERFICIAL COVER OF LIMONITE-RICH LATERITE. IN THE EXTREME NE, THE CAP IS FORMED OF HEMATITE. OUTCROPS OF FRESH BAUXITE OCCUR AT AN ELEVATION OF APPROXIMATELY 200 M.

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

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

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