Tipacoque Prospect

Past Producer in Boyaca, Colombia with commodities Lead, Antimony, Arsenic
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 10066022
MRDS ID TC41817
Record type Site
Current site name Tipacoque Prospect
Alternate or previous names Monchancuta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.68297, 6.3346 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 KM N OF SOATA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boyaca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Boyaca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.68297, 6.3346

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 78-83NW
    Thickness 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SINGEWALD (1950).

  • 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

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.