El Toco

Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Diamond
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067118
MRDS ID TC50307
Record type Site
Current site name El Toco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.82669, 6.33876 (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

  • SOUTH OF LA SALVACION IN HEADWATERS OF QUEBRADA GRANDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Kimberlite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Kimberlite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.82669, 6.33876

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw Trending Structural Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FAIRBAIRN, W.C., 1971, DIAMONDS IN VENEZUELA, MINING MAGIZINE, V. 125, NO. 4, P. 349-353.

  • Deposit

    NIXON, P.H., 1989, DIAMOND PLACER SOURCE ROCKS FROM VENEZUELA: INDIAQUA, INDUSTRIAL DIAMOND QUARTERLY, NO. 51, P. 23-29.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KNOWN KIMBERLITE LOCALITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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