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Ganges Iii

Occurrence in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodities Manganese, Iron, Silica, Ferrosilicon
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060486
MRDS ID TC20164
Record type Site
Current site name Ganges Iii

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.06355, 8.13783 (WGS84)
Elevation 373

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

  • TO THE NORTH OF THE MINING ROAD TO GUACURIPIA BETWEEN THE 17.8 AND 18.3 KM MARKS FROM THE UPATA-SANTA MARIA HIGHWAY. X (895 150-894-900) Y (585 800-586 300)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Silica, Ferrosilicon Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Imataca Complex
    Rock description Imataca Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.06355, 8.13783
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 18890000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 19.89 wt-pct Manganese Major 1967
    Iron Fe 19.25 wt-pct Iron Major 1967
    Silica, Ferrosilicon SiO2 17.64 wt-pct Silica Major 1967

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MN CONTENT OF 23.4% WAS REDUCED TO 19.89% BY A CORRECTION FACTOR.

Comments on development

  • 51 EXPLORATORY SURVEYS WITH A LENGTH OF 74.1 M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DROVENIK, F., KRULC, Z., TAJDER, M., AND TALIC, S., 1967, MENAS MANGANESIFERAS DE LA REGION DE UPATA: VENEZUELA, DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, V. 8, NO. 17, P. 3-163

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIPS MODERATELY TO SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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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