Unidentified Gold Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067082
MRDS ID TC50132
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Gold Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.87244, 6.28709 (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

  • ON BANKS OF RIO UROY, SOUTH OF RIO CHICANAN. PART OF LARGE ALLUVIAL AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Yuruari Formation;Carichapo Formation
    Rock description Yuruari Formation;Carichapo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.87244, 6.28709

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Chivao

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SALAZAR, E., 1988, MAPA GEOLOGICO-ESTRUCTURAL DE LA ZONA UROY-CHIVAO, INFORME TECNICO ANUAL - COORDINACION GENERAL DE PROSPECCIONES, 1988 WITH ANEXOS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONES OF OUTCROP SHOW N-NNE TRENDING FAULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Gray, Floyd) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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