Pacho

Past 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 10066018
MRDS ID TC41813
Record type Site
Current site name Pacho

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.16635, 5.13466 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cundinamarca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Cundinamarca

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR PACHO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Siderite Ore

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) -74.16635, 5.13466

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, BEDS
    Length 1500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1823

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY. ORE FOR PIG IRON 1823-1827, AND BEGAN AGAIN IN 1942 AT CAPITANES WITH CAPACITY OF 5 TONS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.