Bailadores Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag Mine
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Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Mucuchachi Formation-Phyllite, Metavolcaniclastic Rocks — Metavolcanic Rock, Phyllite
- Associated rock
- Granite
- Orebody form
- TABULAR
- Tectonic setting
- Andes
- Deposit model
- 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
N 40 Deg E Folding Of Mucuchachi Formation; Caricuenca (Strike N65e, Dip 23sw) And Monsilvenia (Strike N30e, Dip 13sw) Faults, Regional Foliation And Related Shearing And Small-Scale Drag Folding Associated With Regional Dynamic Metamorphism And Later Cross Faults
Sedimentary Bedding Of Upper Paleozoic Age (Phyllite And Metavolcaniclastic Rocks)
The Rocks Show Intense Alteration Caused By Hydrothermal Fluids And Fumarolic Gases That Formed Biotite, Chlorite, Margarite, And Sericite.
Mining history
- Status
- Occurrence
- Discovered
- 1672
- Last production
- 1966
Records and references
MOYA R., E.A., 1973, EXPRESION GEOGUIMICA DEL Y ACIMIENTO LIMA NO 2, BAILADORES, MERIDA, (ABSTRACT), II CONGR. LATIN AMERICA. 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. CARLSON, GERALD G., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE BAILADORES, VENEZUELA, MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, P. 1131-1141. COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P. DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, CARACAS, VENEZUELACIMRIINSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, P. 572.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10068842 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 8.35116, -71.88295
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