Mejico

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067030
MRDS ID TC50064
Record type Site
Current site name Mejico
Alternate or previous names Mexico

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.85521, 7.24204 (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
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.85521, 7.24204

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 55S
    Thickness 0.11M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Callao District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MENENDEZ, A., 1972, GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION GUASIPATI, GUAYANA VENEZOLANA: MEMORIA IV CONGRESSO GEOLOGICO VENEZOLANO. V. 5, NO. 4, P. 2001-2046.

  • Deposit

    LOCHER, EUGENIO, 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA: MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6, P. 558-587.

  • Deposit

    LIRA, PEDRO, 1991, ORAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LOCHER, 1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICH VEIN IN SURFACE OUTCROP, BUT SUBSURFACE WORKINGS FAILED TO FIND DOWNWARD EXTENSION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.