Samaria

Occurrence in Colombia with commodity Iron
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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206609
MAS/MILS ID 3010370011
Record type Site
Current site name Samaria

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.64964, 7.09563 (WGS84)
Elevation 2800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Colombia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.64964, 7.09563

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N54E
    Dip 67E
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 200M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N54E:67E
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chita Oblast Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 31, 1975: WARD, D.E., AND OTHERS, 1970, MINERAL DEPO

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOL., VOL. 18, NO. 3, P. 49.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERAL LENSES CONSTITUTE FROM 10 TO 20 % OF THE VOLUME OUTCROPS (WARD, P. 49)

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.