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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- STRATABOUND CINNABAR (ALMADEN TYPE)
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Production size
- Small
Records and references
STAUDE, JOHN-MARK, 1989, A PRELIMINARY MAP AND STUDY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN VENEZUELA: AN UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P. RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P. INSTITUTO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., PIMENTAL 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.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 60001337 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 10.50105, -69.49956
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