Commodities
PrimaryAntimony
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formVEINS, LENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsBoulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Marble,Schist,Amphibolite · Nirgua
StructureThe Regional Strike Of The Foliation Is N40e And The Dip Is To The North. The Faults And Shear Zones Are Oriented N25-35e, N5e, N60e, And N30-40w. The Deposit Is In The Southern Portion Of The Bocono Fault Zone Of The Yaracuy Graben.
AlterationHydrothermal Solutions Caused Siliceous, Calcitic And Pyritic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1969
Identification
Deposit ID10105120
MRDS IDTC20142
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates10.46272, -69.9079
References
RODRIGUEZ, M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE 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., 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.CIMRI