La Arenosa Farm

Past Producer in Tolima, Colombia with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10066015
MRDS ID	TC41809
Record type	Site
Current site name	La Arenosa Farm
Alternate or previous names	Rovira

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-75.2497, 4.2847 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolima(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Colombia	Tolima

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gypsum	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-75.2497, 4.2847	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form LENSES

Strike N60E

Dip 40SE

Thickness 4M

Length 300M

General form	LENSES
Strike	N60E
Dip	40SE
Thickness	4M
Length	300M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the production information

LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Comments on the workings information

OPEN CUT, 3 CAVED ADITS (1944).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC41809

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

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	LENGTH IS ZONE OF LENSES, LENSES CONTAIN UP TO 30% SHALE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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