El Baul

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060476
MRDS ID TC20149
Record type Site
Current site name El Baul
Alternate or previous names Cerro El Baul

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE BAUXITE CLAYS AND COMPACT, CELLULAR, FINE-GRAINED BAUXITE. SIO2 = 0.8 TO 3.36%
Result FE2O3 = 9 TO 30%
Result AL2O3 = 40 TO 50%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.41772, 8.05949

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N55e Alignment

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, VARIABLE THICKNESSES
    Thickness 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upata District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.