San Pedro

Producer in Bolivar, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111547
MRDS ID TC50397
Record type Site
Current site name San Pedro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.79105, 7.3762 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

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

  • THE EXACT LOCATION OF THIS MINE WITHIN THE DISTRICT IS NOT KNOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Clay Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Greenschist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.79105, 7.3762

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 80 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lo Increible District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARSH, SHERMAN, PIERCE, H.A., SANCHEZ, HENRY, AND PAGE, N.J, (1992), THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF SIX GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ-CARBONATE TOURMALINE AREAS, ESTADO BOLIVAR, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN [IN PRESS}

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VISIBLE GOLD. DEPOSIT IS ALONG A SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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