Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model188: Algoma Fe
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlTight Folding Repeats Section Of 50-150 M To Form Thickness Up To 300-350 M; Anticlines Sheared Synclines With E-W Axial Planes; E To Ese Plunging In Eastern Part And Wsw Plunge In Western Part. Extensive Supergene Weathering Under Tropical Weather Conditions.
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Martite
GangueMuscovite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Granite · Imataca Complex
AlterationLaterization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1985
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10078504
MRDS IDW026854
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates7.39314, -63.22635
References
ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302-380.FERENCIC, ANTE J., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN ISIDRO IRON ORE DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 283-297.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION GENERALSSECTORIAL DE MINAS Y GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P.COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970.