El Rincon

Prospect in Colombia with commodities Copper, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215326
MAS/MILS ID 3010270001
Record type Site
Current site name El Rincon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.16635, 10.29276 (WGS84)
Elevation 200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Colombia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.16635, 10.29276

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N62W
    Dip 75W
    Thickness 1.6M
    Length 400M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N62W:75W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 30
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Colombian Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Colombia
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 20, 1975: TSCHANZ, C.M., AND OTHERS, 1970, MINERAL D

  • Deposit

    OF THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA [SPAN]: I.N.I.G.M., BOL.

  • Deposit

    VOL. 18, NO. 1, PP. 46-48.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-JUL-1991 Martinez U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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