La Pradera

Producer in Cundinamarca, Colombia with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066017
MRDS ID TC41812
Record type Site
Current site name La Pradera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.133, 5.01801 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cundinamarca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Cundinamarca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Siderite Ore

Analytical data

Result OXIDIZED ORE: 50% FE, 13% SIO2, 0.5% P205
Result SIDERITE ORE AVERAGES 40% FE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Villeta Formation
    Rock description Villeta Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.133, 5.01801

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1858
Year of last production 1900

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

  • Production

    SINGEWALD (1950).

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.