Venecia Prospect

Occurrence in Tolima, Colombia with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066063
MRDS ID TC41860
Record type Site
Current site name Venecia Prospect
Alternate or previous names El Afloramiento

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.1497, 4.25138 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolima(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Tolima

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHIPS FROM DUMP: 1.44% MO, 2.86% CU, 1.61% PB, 3.93% ZN, 0.3 OZ/T AU, 7.0 OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.1497, 4.25138

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 75WSW
    Thickness 1.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings ADIT
    Length 4.5M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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