Unidentified Gold Occurrence

Producer in Amazonas*, Venezuela with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107245
MRDS ID TC50154
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Gold Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Alto Orinoco Garimpiero

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -63.62749, 2.30925 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amazonas*(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Amazonas*

Comments on the location information

  • THIS AREA OF THE UPPER ORINOCO IS BEING ILLEGALLY WORKED BY BRAZILIAN MINERS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -63.62749, 2.30925

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Basement Gneiss And Greenstone Belt.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alto Orinoco Garimpiero Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYNN, JEFF, AND OLMORE, STEVE, 1989, FIELD OBSERVATION

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Wynn, Jeff U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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