Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model188: Algoma Fe
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsClay, Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Specularite
GangueApatite, Pyroxene, Quartz
Other materialsCorundum
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Imataca Complex
StructureEl Pao Fault, Two Deep Structural Basins, The Long Axes Of Which Are At Right Angles To One Another, Joined By A Tight Cross-Anticline.
Tectonic settingGuayana Shield
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1950
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10078534
MRDS IDW026905
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates8.05006, -62.6019
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.KALLIOKOSKI, J., 1965, THE METAMORPHOSED IRON ORE OF EL PAO, VENEZUELA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, P. 100-116.MINING MAGAZINE, 1981, IRON ORE MINING IN VENEZUELA: V. 145, NO. 1, P. 18-25.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.ZULOAGA, GUILLERMO, 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE IRON DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRA DE IMATACA, VENEZUELA: AM. INST. MIN. METALLURGY TRANS., V. 115, P. 307-340.CIMRIALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970; RODRIGUEZ M., 1986, P. 141.ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970.