Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model188: Algoma Fe
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Martite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Granite · Imataca Complex
StructureGuri-Carapo Fault Zone
Tectonic settingGuayana Shield
AlterationLaterization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10078526
MRDS IDW026895
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates7.41842, -63.21774
References
ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN 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 DEPOSIT, VENEZUELA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 283-297.RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION GENERAL SECTORIAL DE MINAS Y GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P.INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P.BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTEL DE BELLIZZIA, N., AND RODRIGUEZ, S.E., 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.COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.CIMRIALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970.