Los Pailas

Prospect in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255205
MAS/MILS ID 3070130019
Record type Site
Current site name Los Pailas
Alternate or previous names Las Pailas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -63.33271, 7.3345 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bolivar(province)

Venezuela(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Venezuela Bolivar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -63.33271, 7.3345

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. V. G. Ferrominera Orinoco (Government)
    Interest 100
    Home office Venezuela
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 80000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 80000000mt ore
    Total resources 80000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 55 wt-pct Iron Trace 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OUR PROGRESS IS WROUGHT WITH IRON, C.V.B. FERROMINERA

  • Deposit

    ORINOCO, 1976, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    U.N., SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, 1970, P. 360.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JAN-95 Keller / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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