Penas Blancas Prospect

Occurrence in Boyaca, Colombia with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066012
MRDS ID TC41806
Record type Site
Current site name Penas Blancas Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.24965, 5.00135 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boyaca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Boyaca

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR LAS JUNTAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Clay Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.24965, 5.00135

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike }
    Dip VERTICAL}VERTICAL
    Thickness 3M
  • Strike }
    Dip VERTICAL}VERTICAL
    Thickness 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS 20 M APART.

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.