Cerro Pando

Occurrence in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodities Manganese, Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10060489
MRDS ID TC20168
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Pando

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.0316, 8.15227 (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

  • X (885 670-895 950) Y (589 200-590 950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Imataca Complex
    Rock description Imataca Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.0316, 8.15227

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 11890000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 22.58 wt-pct Manganese Major 1967

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES GIVEN ARE FOR DEPOSIT NUMBER 5.

Comments on development

  • SURVEYS WERE DONE AT 4 DIFFERENT SITES ON THIS HILL.

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 FIVE SEPARATE DEPOSITS ALONG NNE STRIKE.

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. (Cox, Dennis P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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