La Armonica

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067021
MRDS ID TC50054
Record type Site
Current site name La Armonica
Alternate or previous names Armonica

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.81882, 7.39898 (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
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Yuruari Formation;El Callao
    Rock description Yuruari Formation;El Callao
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.81882, 7.39898

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 50-60 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lo Increible District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOMEZ, M.A., 1986, VETAS DE CUARZO AURIFERO EN LAS FORMACIONES YURUARI Y EL CALLAO EN LO INCREIBLE, EL CALLAO, EDO. BOLIVAR: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, 67 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 7 VEINS TRENDING E-W OCCUR IN THE YURUARI FM JUST NORTH OF THE CONTACT WITH THE EL CALLAO FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.