Quebrada Negra and Rio Rucia

Past Producer in Cundinamarca, Colombia with commodity Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  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 10099595
MRDS ID TC41912
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Negra and Rio Rucia
Alternate or previous names Junin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.61633, 4.78468 (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
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

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) -73.61633, 4.78468

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Major Anticline 1 Km To West.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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.