Cuacua Prospect

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066083
MRDS ID TC41883
Record type Site
Current site name Cuacua Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.083, 5.50131 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM SSE 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
Limonite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.083, 5.50131

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 31-36SE
    Thickness 2M
    Length 78M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO VERTICAL VEINS, EACH 0.5 M THICK, TO SW.

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.