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Geologic map of the Venezuela part of the Puerto Ayacucho 2 degrees x 3 degrees Quadrangle, Amazonas Federal Territory, Venezuela

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2245
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Abstract

This map is one of a series of 1:500,000-scale maps that, along with several other products, stems from a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana, Tecnica Minera, C.A. (TECMIN), a Venezuelan Government-owned mining and mineral exploration company. The agreement covered cooperative work carried out in the Precambrian Shield of southern Venezuela during 1987-1991 and included a geologic and mineral resource inventory, technology transfer, and scientific training (Wynn and others, in press). The Precambrian Guayana Shield (Escudo de Guyana, not to be confused with the neighboring country of Guyana) includes some of the oldest known rocks in the world (Mendoza, 1977) and also covers parts of neighboring Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Columbia, and Brazil. In Venezuela, it underlies most of Bolivar state and all of the Amazonas Federal Territory (see index map).

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geologic map of the Venezuela part of the Puerto Ayacucho 2 degrees x 3 degrees Quadrangle, Amazonas Federal Territory, Venezuela
Series title Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
Series number 2245
DOI 10.3133/mf2245
Edition -
Year Published 1994
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description Map: 41.51 x 26.74 inches
Country Venezuela
City Puerto Ayacucho
Other Geospatial Amazonas Federal Territory
Projection Equidistant Conic Projection
Scale 500000
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