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Cerro Arimagua

Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078528
MRDS ID W026898
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Arimagua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -63.09385, 7.68036 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 120 KM S OF PUERTO ORDAZ.

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
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Laterization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 188
USGS model code 28b
Deposit model name Algoma Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Imataca Complex
    Rock description Imataca Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -63.09385, 7.68036
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Guri-Carapo Fault Zone; E-W To N70e Oriented Structure With Compressed Folds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oliver Mining Co.
    First year 1947

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Measured 136000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 62 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380.

  • 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

    INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P.

  • Deposit

    BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTEL DE BELLIZZIA, N., AND RODRIGUEZ, S., 1981, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA Y SU RELACION A LA METALOGENESIS: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 8, P. 6-77.

  • Deposit

    LAKE, M.C., 1950, CERRO BOLIVAR - U.S. STEEL'S NEW IRON ORE BONANZA: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V. 151, NO. 8, P. 72-83.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, 1970.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST ORES FOUND IN CLOSED SYNCLINAL FOLDS.
Deposit THIS IS ONE DEPOSIT OF NINE DEPOSITS OF THE CERRO BOLIVAR GROUP, SEE MRDS RECORD FOR THIS GROUP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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