Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model188: Algoma Fe
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Gneiss · Imataca Complex
StructureGuri-Carapo Fault Zone; E-W To N70e Oriented Structures With Compressed Folds
Tectonic settingGuayana Shield
AlterationLaterization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10078532
MRDS IDW026903
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates7.4962, -63.07413
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.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.ASCANIO, G., 1985, YACIMIENTOS DE MINERAL DE HIERRO DEL PRECAMBRIO DE VENEZUELA: I SIMPOSIUM AMAZONICO, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 10, P. 464-473.CIMRIALVARADO, 1970.