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Chiriguana

Occurrence in Magdalena, Colombia with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065983
MRDS ID TC41773
Record type Site
Current site name Chiriguana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.61633, 9.36778 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 KM ESE OF CHIRIQUANA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Magdalena(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Magdalena

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.61633, 9.36778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.9M
    Length 50M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 700 MT PER METER OF DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SINGEWALD (1950).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WITHIN 20,000 SQUARE METERS, MORE THAN A DOZEN VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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