Esmeralda

Occurrence in Cauca, Colombia with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper

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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	10066040
MRDS ID	TC41835
Record type	Site
Current site name	Esmeralda
Alternate or previous names	Sonrisa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-77.08308, 1.68484 (WGS84)
Relative position	12 KM NNE OF FLORENCIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cauca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Colombia	Cauca

Comments on the location information

TRIANGULAR SHAPED REGION BETWEEN RIO CAUCA, RIO ESPIRITU SANTO, AND NORTH OF BRICENO.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary
Zinc Critical	Primary
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-77.08308, 1.68484	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form LENSES

Dip VERTICAL

Thickness 1.5M

General form	LENSES
Dip	VERTICAL
Thickness	1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Comments on the reserve resource information

PROSPECTING AT 5 LOCALITIES, FROM ONE 2 TONS OF MINE-RUN MUSCOVITE RECOVERED (1942), BUT MOST TOO WAVY TO BE USED.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC41835

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	12 OF 50 KNOWN PEGMATITES CONTAINS STAIN FREE, REEVED, CROSS-GRAIN MUSCOVITE. BOOKS TEND TO BE SMALLER THAN SIZE 6.
Deposit	IRREGULARLY SHAPED LENSES IN GOUGE ZONE OF NEARLY VERTICAL FAULT, SULFIDES MAKE UP 10% OF GOUGE ZONE.

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.