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Hueco Rico

Past Producer in Bolivar, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10067162
MRDS ID TC50393
Record type Site
Current site name Hueco Rico
Alternate or previous names Locked Gate Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.13999, 7.47342 (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

  • 4-5 KM S-SE OF LA ESMERALDA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Greenschist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.13999, 7.47342
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 3-4 M WIDE SHEAR ZONES. INTERSECTION OF NW-NNW TRENDING SHEARS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Mina (La Esmeralda)

Comments on the workings information

  • ALLUVIAL ZONE MINED BY A SERIES OF METER WIDE HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARSH, S., 1991, USGS UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES.

  • Deposit

    SIDDER, G., 1991, USGS UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION FOUND IN SMALL 3-4 M WIDE SHEAR ZONES WITH SHEARED STRINGERS OF QUARTZ VEINS IN ZONE. QUARTZ NOT ABUNDANT ENOUGH TO BE CALLED STOCKWORK. INTERSECTION OF SHEARS (NW-NNW TRENDING) FORMS RICHEST AREA. ASSOCIATED ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS ADJACENT TO ZONE.

Reporter information

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