Description
Oliver Iron Mining Division Of U.S. Steel Corp.
Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiaryManganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Metal
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model188: Algoma Fe
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Gneiss · Imataca Complex
StructureIsoclinal Folding Along Ene-Wsw Axes, Tight Folding And Imbricate Reverse Faulting
Tectonic settingGuayana Shield
AlterationLaterization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1954
Discovery year1947
Identification
Deposit ID10111256
MRDS IDW026900
Alternate namesLa Parida
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates7.45898, -63.3972
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.RUCKMICK, J.C., 1963, THE IRON ORES OF CERRO BOLIVAR, VENEZUELA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 58, P. 218-236.RILEY, C.M., 1966, OUR MINERAL RESOURCES: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY & SONS, 338 P.LAKE, M.C., 1950, CERRO BOLIVAR - U.S. STEEL'S NEW IRON ORE BONANZA: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V. 151, NO. 8., P. 72-83.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.MINING MAGAZINE, 1981, IRON ORE MINING IN VENEZUELA: V. 145, NO. 1, P. 18-25.INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P.COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.GRUSS, H., 1973, ITABIRITE IRON ORES OF THE LIBERIA AND GUYANA SHIELDS, IN GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN IRON AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS: PROC. KIEV SYMPOSIUM (1970), UNESCO EARTH SCI. SER., NO. 9, P. 335-359.CIMRIINSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, P. 562.ALVARADO, 1970.