Cuincha

Past Producer in Boyaca, Colombia with commodity Quartz
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 10066081
MRDS ID TC41879
Record type Site
Current site name Cuincha

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.133, 5.50131 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM SSW OF MUZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boyaca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Boyaca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ CRYSTALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Villeta Formation
    Rock description Villeta Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.133, 5.50131

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 9M
    Width 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OPEN CUT

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

  • Production

    SINGEWALD (1950).

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.