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Cerro San Cristobal District

VE / Bolivar
7.45039, -60.75906View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Cerro San Cristobal District is a mineral prospect in Bolivar, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe it as a LATERITE, RESIDUAL deposit. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Iron, Malachite.

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AzuriteChrysocollaCopperGalenaIronMalachitePyrolusiteSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type
LATERITE, RESIDUAL

Mining history

Status
Prospect
Production size
Small

Records and references

Cited references

AGUILAR R., A., 1972, ESTUDIO PRELIMINAR DE LOS YACIMIENTOS MANGANESIFEROS DEL CERRO SAN CRISTOBAL, REGION CUENCA NORTE DEL RIO BOTANAMO: IV CONGRESO VENEZOLANO, MEMORIA, V. 4, VENEZUELA, DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBL. ESP., NO. 5, P. 2489-2495. BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTAL DE BELLIZZIA, N., AND RODRIGUEZ, S.E., 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. INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, AREA DE RECURSOS MINERALES: LA PAZ, INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 716 P. LAVIE, H.J., 1974, PROSPECCION GEOMINERA EN GUAYANA: VENEZUELA, DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL 6, MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUYANAS, P. 555-557. BENAIM, NESIN, 1972, GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION DE BOTANAMO, EDO. BOLIVAR: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO VENEZOLANO, MEMORIA, V. 3, VENEZUELA, DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 5, P. 1291-1314.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 60001338view the source record

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Coordinates: 7.45039, -60.75906

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