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Cano Yagua

Producer in Amazonas*, Venezuela with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067013
MRDS ID TC50045
Record type Site
Current site name Cano Yagua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.55727, 3.56113 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amazonas*(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Amazonas*

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF SOUTH END OF A LONG NORTH-SOUTH BODY OF RORAIMA FORMATION (VISIBLE ON RADAR) THAT TOUCHES CANO YAGUA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Appears To Be Hydrothermal Alteration Associated With Mineralization In Fractures In Roraima Sandstone.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pre-Roraima
    Rock description Pre-Roraima
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.55727, 3.56113
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CONTINUES DESPITE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE (1989) CANCELLING CONCESSIONS IN ALL OF AMAZONAS.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS LARGELY IN RIVERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYNN, JEFF, 1990, FIELD NOTES

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WYNN, JEFF, PERSONAL VISIT AND INTERVIEWS WITH MINERS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN FRACTURES IN RORAIMA SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Wynn, Jeffrey) 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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