| Deposit ID | 10066080 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC41878 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alumbral Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.11634, 5.53464 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1 KM WEST OF MUZO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Boyaca(province)
Colombia(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Colombia | Boyaca |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| Rock unit name | Villeta Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Villeta Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -74.11634, 5.53464 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N65W |
| Dip | 30SW |
| Length | 44M |
| Width | 13M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1940 |
| Year | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942-1944 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.1-0.02 % Qtz | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC41878 |
SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204
CIMRI
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1994 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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