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El Rincon

Past Producer in Cundinamarca, Colombia with commodity Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066105
MRDS ID TC41913
Record type Site
Current site name El Rincon
Alternate or previous names Junin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.6191, 4.78468 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 KM SE OF JUNIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cundinamarca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Cundinamarca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.6191, 4.78468
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Major Anticline 1 Km To West.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.8M
    Length 33M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • STOCKPILE (1942). PROSPECT, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1942
    Total resources 10000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 55.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1942

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE IS AVERAGE OF 2 MINE SAMPLES (55.3%) AND STOCKPILE (58.7%).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings ADIT (1942).
    Length 50M

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

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