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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Intrusive Carbonatite
- Tectonic setting
- Guayana Shield
- Deposit model
- 24: Carbonatite
Oval To Amoeboid Ring Structure About 10 Km In Diameter; Large Nw-Trending Fractures.
Weathering Has Reduced All Trace Of The Original Rock.
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
Records and references
SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUAYANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P., 1 OVER-SIZE SHEET. 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. RODRIGUEZ, M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALS 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. SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUAYANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 37 P. COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P. PREMOLI, C., AND KROONENBERG, S.B., 1981, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL POTENTIAL OF CARBONATITES IN WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAS SHIELDS, IN INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, VIENNA, GEOLOGY AND METALLOGENESIS OF URANIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, STI/PUB/641, P. 245-268. WOOLEY, A.R., 1987, ALKALINE ROCKS AND CARBONATITES OF THE WORLD, PART I: NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, UNIVERISITY OF TEXAS PRESS, AUSTIN, 216 P. AARDEN, H.M., AROZENA, J.M., NAVARRO, J., MOTIESKA, P., ZANIN, J.P., AND SIFONTES, R.S., 1978, GEOLOGIA DEL AREA DEL CERRO IMPACTO (ABS.), IN MEMORIA II CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA, TOMO V, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUB. ESPECIAL, NO. 7. AARDEN, H.M., AROZENA, J.M., NAVARRO, J., MOTIESKA, P., ZANIN, J.P., AND SIFONTES, R.S., 1978, ASPECTOS GEOQUIMICOS DEL PROSPECTO DEL CERRO IMPACTO, ESTADO BOLIVAR (ABS.), IN MEMORIA II CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA, TOMO V, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUB. ESPECIAL, NO. 7. AARDEN, H.M., AROZENA, J.M., NAVARRO, J., MOTIESKA, P., ZANIN, J.P., AND SIFONTES, R.S., 1978, ASPECTOS GEOECONOMICOS DEL CERRO IMPACTO (ABS.), IN MEMORIA II CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA, TOMO V, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUB. ESPECIAL, NO. 7. AARDEN, H.M., AROZENA, J.M., MOTICSKA, P., NAVARRO, J., PASQUALI, J., AND SIFONTES, R.S., 1973, EL COMPLEJO GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DEL IMPACTO, DISTRITO CEDENO, ESTADO BOLIVAR, VENEZUELA: MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HYDROCARBUROS, 53 P. CIMRI
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10060415 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 5.91211, -65.22085
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