San Lorenzo

Producer in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Kaolin
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. 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 10107238
MRDS ID TC50007
Record type Site
Current site name San Lorenzo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.44661, 7.96367 (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

  • 10 KM S OF UPATA, EAST OF THE UPATA-EL MANTECO ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE KAOLIN ORE IS BRIGHT GRAY TO WHITE WITH SPORADIC PALE YELLOW IRON HYDROXIDES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Lithification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE: 44.1% SIO2
Result 37.5% AL2O3
Result 1.5% FE2O3
Result 0.1% TIO2
Result 0.1% CAO
Result 0.1% NA2O3
Result 0.08% K2O

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Complejo De Imataca
    Rock description Complejo De Imataca
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.44661, 7.96367

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upata District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESIDUAL KAOLIN DEPOSIT HAS BEEN LARGELY LITHIFIED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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