Upata District

Occurrence in Bolivar, Venezuela with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001326
MRDS ID TC20015
Record type District
Current site name Upata District
Alternate or previous names El Chorro, La Mesa De La Carata, El Baul, Los Guamos, Cerro No. 11

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.26359, 8.11396 (WGS84)
Relative position AREA LIMITED BY THE ORINOCO RIVER TO THE NORTH BETWEEN SAN FELIX AND PIACOA, FROM PIACOA TO EL PALMAR, FROM EL PALMAR TO UPATA TO GURI, AND THE CARONI RIVER FROM GURI TO SAN FELIX.

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
Aluminum Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.26359, 8.11396

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SANTA MARIA-GURI FAULT WITH STRIKE OF E-W TO N 70 E AND DIP OF 60-75 S-SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name UPATA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P., 1 OVER-SIZE SHEET.

  • Deposit

    CANDIALES, L.J., 1961, DESCUBRIMIENTO Y EXPLORACION DE BAUXITA EN VENEZUELA: CARACAS, III CONGRESO GEOLOGICO VENEZOLANO, V. 4, P. 1661-1680.

  • Deposit

    BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTAL 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.

Beyond USGS

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