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El Naranjo Farm

Occurrence in Caldas, Colombia with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066034
MRDS ID TC41829
Record type Site
Current site name El Naranjo Farm

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.96639, 5.10133 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 KM EAST OF APIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldas(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Caldas

Comments on the location information

  • DISTRICT IS FOUND IN THE STATES OF NORTE DE SANTANDER AND MAGDALENA. NORTH, WEST, AND SOUTH OF OCANA ON BOTH SLOPES OF CORDILLERA ORIENTAL; LAT/LONG FOR OCANA. GIRON FARM IS 20 KM WEST OF OCANA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result HANDSORTED ORE UP TO 40-42% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.96639, 5.10133
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LENSES FROM LESS THAN A TON TO 100 TONS.
  • LENSES ARE SMALL AND SCARCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SINGEWALD (1950).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEARLY PURE PHLOGOPITE VEINS IN DIOPSIDE ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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