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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Paracotos Formation — Harzburgite
- Associated rock
- Los Naranjos — Conglomerate, Tuff, Basalt
- Orebody form
- BLANKET
- Tectonic setting
- Orogenic Belt, Allocthonous Coastal Ranges
- Deposit model
- 110: Lateritic Ni
Coastal Ranges Of North-Central Venezuela . N 70 Deg E, Elongate Serpentinite Sill, 1-4km Wide By 21 Km Long
Serpentinized Harzburgite
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Discovered
- 1941
Records and references
LAVIE, H., 1967, EVALUACION DE LATERITOS EN LOMO DE HIERRO, BOL. GEOL. VEN. V.8, NO.16, PP199-214BELLIZZIA G., A, 1967, ROCAS ULTRABASICAS, MONTANAS A DEL CARIBE, VENEZUELA, DO. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 6/72, P.318CORNWALL, H.R., 1973, NICKEL (CHAPTER IN): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, P. 440...5) MINING MAGAZINE, 9/75, P. 207. DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 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. COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1:5,000,000, EXPLANATORY TEXT: CARACAS, 88 P. PETERS, H.D., 1975, NICKEL--VORKOMMEN, PRODUKTION, BEDARFSDECKUNG IM RAHMEN DER WELTWIRTSCHAFT [NICKEL; OCCURENCE,-PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY IN WORLD TRADE]: ESSEN, GERMANY, BERGBAU, ROHSTOFFE, EN-ERGIE, VERLAG GLUCK AUF GMBH, V. 9, 112 P. LAVIE, H.J., 1971, YACIMIENTOS DE LATERITAS NIQUELIFERAS DE LOMA DE HIERRO, ESTADOS MIRANDA Y ARAGUA, IN PUBL. ESP-EC.: VENEZUELA DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA, NO. 5, TOMO 1, P. 357. -(G13)LAVIE, H, EVALUACION DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE LATERITAS NIQUELIFERAS EN LOMA DE YIERRO, VENEZUELA: BOL. GEOL., V.8, NO 16, PP 200-214, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, VENEZUELA.1946 DIREXPL INTERNATIONAL NICKEL CORP. UNTIL 19601966 DIREXPL MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, VENEZUELAISMICIMRIDEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985; INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INTEGRACION, 1986, P. 566.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10068465 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 10.13439, -67.08283
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