Loma El Padre

Prospect in Santander, Colombia with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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 10205870
MAS/MILS ID 3010410015
Record type Site
Current site name Loma El Padre

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.85494, 7.21592 (WGS84)
Elevation 3700

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
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Pyromorphite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.85494, 7.21592

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tona

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 29, 1975: WARD, D.E., AND OTHERS, 1970, MINERAL DEPO

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOL., VOL. 18, NO. 3, P. 44

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.