El Mirto

Producer in Santander, Colombia with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133065
MAS/MILS ID 3010410006
Record type Site
Current site name El Mirto

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.98995, 6.84014 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santander(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Santander

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.98995, 6.84014

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 1.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N25W:70E
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Umpala

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCTION IS 1,100 M.T. OF COMMODITY PER MONTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER 6, 1975: WARD, D.E., AND OTHERS, 1970, MINERAL DEPO

  • Deposit

    PART OF SANTANDER AND NORTH SANTANDER [SPAN]: I.N.I.G.M., BO

  • Deposit

    GEOL., VOL. 18, NO. 3, PP. 88.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Martinez U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.