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Albino 1

Past Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064981
MRDS ID TC39901
Record type Site
Current site name Albino 1
Alternate or previous names La Conductor Shear, Medina 3, Aguao 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.4102, 6.19848 (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

  • DUE WEST OF LAS CLARITAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.4102, 6.19848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEAR ZONE
    Strike N25E
    Dip 40-52NW
    Length 110M
    Width 17.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ductile Auriferous Shears, Brittle Gold-Quartz Vein Systems.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALBINO ASSAYS: HOLE NO. ALB-93-01 INCL. DIP= -55 DEGREES, INTERVAL 14.88-32.75 M AND 26.17-32.75 M, LENGTH 17.87 M AND 6.58 M, GOLD 16.36 GR/T AND 29.81 GR/T; ALB-93-2, DIP= -65 DEGREES, INTERVAL 9.00-9.72 M, LENGTH 0.72 M, GOLD 52.73 GR/T (PARTIAL ASSAYS RESULT ONLY); ALB-93-3, DIP= -55, INTERVAL 3.90-5.10 M, LENGTH 1.20 M, GOLD 5.27 GR/T; ALB-93-4, DIP=-85 DEGREES, NO VALUES ABOVE 1.5 GR/TON; ALB-93-5, DIP=-45 DEGREES, INTERVAL 20.46-24.86, LENGTH 4.40 METERS, GOLD 36.89 GR/T (PARTIAL ASSAYS RESULT ONLY); HOLE NO. 93-6, INTERVAL 15.20-23.93 M, LENGTH 8.73 M, LENGTH 28.6 FT, GOLD 16.04 GR/T, GOLD 0.47 OZ/T; HOLE NO. 93-7, INTERVAL 40.00-41.00, LENGTH 1.00 M, LENGTH 3.3 FT, GOLD 47.90 GR/T, GOLD 1.40 GR/T; HOLE NO. ALB-93-8, INTERVAL 16.80-17.40, LENGTH 0.60 M, LENGTH 2.0 FT, GOLD 165.09 GR/T, GOLD 4.82 OZ/T; INTERVAL 48.00-51.80 M, LENGTH 3.80 M, LENGTH 12.5 FT, GOLD 10.33 GR/T, GOLD 0.31 OZ/T; HOLE NO. ALB-93-9, INTERVAL 30.90-33.90 M, LENGTH 3.00 M , LENGTH 9.8 FT, GOLD 1.83
  • GR/T, GOLD 0.05 OZ/T; HOLE NO. ALB-93-10, INTERVAL 38.50-42.70 M, LENGTH 4.20 M, LENGTH 13.8 FT, GOLD 7.55 GR/T, GOLD 0.22 OZ/T; HOLE NO. ALB-93-11, MAXIMUM VALUE 1.82 GRAMS/TON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years MINED MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

Mining district

District name Kilometer 88

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crystallex International Corp. And Eurus Resource Corp. .
    First year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bonucci Family

Production statistics

  • Year 1992
    Period 1988-1992
    Material AU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 14 G/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 14g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • HYDRAULIC MINING YIELD 8,000 OZ LAST FOUR YEARS 89-93.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 502000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.1 g/mt Gold Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONDUCTOR SHEAR (AGUAO PIT); 34.18 G/T (4.1 OZ/TON). MEDINA 2 PIT. QUARTZ-STOCKWORK ZONE AVERAGING 4.84 G/T OF A WIDTH OF 9.16 M. CRYSTALLEX ESTIMATES CONCESSION CONTAINS BETWEEN 200,000 TO 300,000 TONS OF TAILINGS CONTAINING SOME 50,000 OZ GOLD. ORE (1) POTENTIAL GEOLOGICAL RESOURCE.
  • MINE TAILINGS ARE PART OF RESERVES AND ARE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY 50,000 OZ GOLD. SURFACE TAILINGS PLUS OPEN-PITTABLE ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 125M
    Width 75M
    Overall depth 28M

Comments on the workings information

  • BASED ON 38 CHANNEL SAMPLE RESULTS, THE AVERAGE GRADE OF THE SHEAR'S 34.18 G/TONNE AU; THERE IS A 2.3 M INTERVAL WHICH ASSAYED AT 598.78 G/TONNE. THERE ARE AT LEAST 8 PITS IN THIS CONCESSION AREA.

Comments on development

  • CURRENTLY MINING ALLUVIAL GOLD; HARDROCK RIGHTS IN APPLICATION. CRYSTALLEX-EURUS RESOURCES TO UNDERTAKE 1,000 M DRILLING PROGRAM AND CONSTRUCT 400 TON/DAY PLANT TO PRODUCE UP TO 80,000 OUNCES/YEAR. THERE ARE 8 PITS ON CONCESSION TO BE EXPLORED TO BEDROCK. ; ECON.COM: 150 T/D CURRENT MILL CAPACITY, PROJECTED TO BE 400 T/D. ; MILL.CAP : 150 T/D

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1993, VENEZUELA ASSET CRYSTALLINES: MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 320, NO. 8226, P. 394 (MAY 28, 1993).

  • Deposit

    CRYSTALLEX INTERNATIONAL CORP, PRESS RELEASE; NEWS RELEASE-NOVEMBER 17, 1992; DECEMBER 7, 1992.

  • Deposit

    MINING BUSINESS DIGEST, CRYSTALLEX INTERNATIONAL CORP., JANUARY 1993, P. 5

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1994, CRYSTALLEX TO POUR GOLD AT ALBINO: THE NORTHERN MINER, DECEMBER 14, 1994, V. 80, NO. 42, P. 3.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANON. (1994).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 500 HECTARE CONCESSION. SHEAR ZONE CONSISTS OF STRONGLY FOLIATED TO FINELY LAMINATED SILICIFIED AND SULPHIDIZED SCHISTS: CONTAIN 10-20% SUBPARALLEL QUARTZ RIBBONS AND VEINLETS; BOXWORK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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