CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
499 Venezuela 08.00 N -- 072.00 W Seboruco; Seboroko Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Seboruco; Seboroko
Political location(s): Venezuela
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in sandstones and conglomerates
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Mesozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:sandstone (red)
sandstone (grey)
conglomerate
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstones and conglomerates; 8 beds varying from 45 cm to 76 cm thick carry Cu minerals; considerable lignite is present in the sandstone/ tenor of ore is low
References:
Dimanche, F., 1976
The Alteration of Ilmenite in Sediments
Minerals Science and Engineering, Volume 8, p. 199 - 199

Miller, B. L., 1919
The Mineral Deposits of South America
Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 534 p.

Resource data:
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12,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve ?
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.5 percent
Reference: Rodriguez, S. E., 1989: Personal Communication (Drill-indicated Results)
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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