Tinaquillo Nickel Mine-Venezuela

Occurrence in Cojedes, Venezuela with commodities Nickel, Asbestos
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069269
MRDS ID W002854
Record type Site
Current site name Tinaquillo Nickel Mine-Venezuela

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.39953, 9.88441 (WGS84)
Relative position E OF TINAQUILLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cojedes(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Cojedes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Asbestos Primary

Analytical data

Result LATERITES ASSOCIATED WITH ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS HAVE 0.12-1.07% NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.39953, 9.88441

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, IRVING, EARL, USGS., 1973

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P.

  • Deposit

    COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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