Carmen De Cocuaima

Past Producer in Yaracuy, Venezuela with commodities Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105120
MRDS ID TC20142
Record type Site
Current site name Carmen De Cocuaima

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.9079, 10.46272 (WGS84)
Relative position SE FLANK OF SERRANIA DE AROA, N OF COCUAIMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yaracuy(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Yaracuy

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Solutions Caused Siliceous, Calcitic And Pyritic Alteration

Analytical data

Result MORE THAN 70% BOULANGERITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Nirgua
    Rock description Nirgua
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.9079, 10.46272

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Regional Strike Of The Foliation Is N40e And The Dip Is To The North. The Faults And Shear Zones Are Oriented N25-35e, N5e, N60e, And N30-40w. The Deposit Is In The Southern Portion Of The Bocono Fault Zone Of The Yaracuy Graben.

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS OF 1986, POTENTIAL RESOURCES HAD NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.