| Deposit ID | 10078529 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026899 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cerro Altamira |
| Geographic coordinates: | -63.22719, 7.47564 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 120 KM S OF PUERTO ORDAZ. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Bolivar(province)
Venezuela(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Venezuela | Bolivar |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Model code | 188 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28b |
| Deposit model name | Algoma Fe |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Imataca Complex |
| Rock description | Imataca Complex |
| (1) | -63.22719, 7.47564 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cerro Bolivar Group |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jose Manuel Avila-Perez And Alfredo Gruber |
| Last year | 1948 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oliver Iron Mining Co. |
| First year | 1948 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Orinoco Mining Co. |
| First year | 1969 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 171000000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 137000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026899 |
ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380.
LAKE, M.C., 1950, CERRO BOLIVAR - U.S. STEEL'S NEW IRON ORE BONANZA: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V. 151, NO. 8, P. 72-83.
ASCANIO, G., 1985, YACIMIENTOS DE MINERAL DE HIERRO DEL PRECAMBRIO DE VENEZUELA: I SIMPOSIUM AMAZONICO, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 10, P. 464-473.
FERENCIC, A.J., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN ISIDRO IRON ORE DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 283-297.
CIMRI
ALVARADO, 1970.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS IS ONE OF SEVEN DEPOSITS IN THE CERRO BOLIVAR GROUP. SEEMRDS RECORD FOR GROUP FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1973 | Cooper, Margaret | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1990 | Bolm, Karen S. (Page, Norman J) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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