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Bailadores Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag Mine

VE / Merida
8.35116, -71.88295View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Bailadores Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag Mine is a known mineral occurrence in Merida, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Mucuchachi Formation-Phyllite, Metavolcaniclastic Rocks (Metavolcanic Rock, Phyllite), within the Andes setting. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite; gangue is recorded as Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite. The site was discovered in 1672.

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Found Here

AzuriteChalcopyriteChloriteChrysocollaCopperGalenaMalachitePyritePyrrhotiteQuartzSericiteSilverSphalerite

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
Ore minerals
ChalcopyriteGalenaSphalerite
Gangue minerals
ChloritePyritePyrrhotiteQuartzSericite
Structure

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

Ore control

Sedimentary Bedding Of Upper Paleozoic Age (Phyllite And Metavolcaniclastic Rocks)

Alteration

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

Cited 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 10068842view the source record

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Coordinates: 8.35116, -71.88295

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