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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- Vein
- Host rock
- El Callao Formation — Meta-Basalt
- Tectonic setting
- Greenstone Belt
- Deposit model
- 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Discovered
- 1903
Records and references
RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION GENERAL SECTORIAL DE MINAS Y GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, P. 177. GOMEZ, M.A., 1986 VETAS DE CUARZO AURIFERO EN LAS FORMACIONES YURUARI Y EL CALLAO EN LO INCREIBLE, EL CALLAO, EDO. BOLIVAR: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, 67 P. LOCHER, EUGENIO, 1974, ORO EN VENEZUELA: IN MEMORIA DE LA NOVENA CONFERENCIA GEOLOGICA INTER-GUAYANAS, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6, P. 558-587. LOPEZ, V.M., 1981, EL ORO EN VENEZUELA: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, 116 P. CIMRIRODRIGUEZ M., 1986.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10060276 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 7.39092, -61.83410
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