Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryIron
TertiarySulfur
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL VEIN AND STOCKWORK
Deposit sizeM
Geology
AlterationHYDROTHERMAL-TYPE PYROPHYLLITIC ALTERATION
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1963
Discovery year1609
Identification
Deposit ID60001336
MRDS IDTC20141
Alternate namesAroa Principal, Titiara, Aroa Norte, San Antonio, Sanjon (Zanjon) Verde, Pozones, Cumaragua, Santa Barbara
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates10.45435, -68.89124
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.LIDDLE, R.A., 1946, THE GEOLOGY OF VENEZUELA AND TRINIDAD: ITHACA, NY, PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION, 890 P.COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P.