Ure Magambo

Occurrence in Cordoba, Colombia with commodities Iron, Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093758
MRDS ID W026879
Record type Site
Current site name Ure Magambo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.58304, 8.00119 (WGS84)
Relative position CERRO MATOSO, 12 KM S OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cordoba(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Cordoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 50
Result WITH AL2O3 , 6 - 14 , AS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.58304, 8.00119

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 4 MILLION MEASURED MT OF ORE ONE PRESENT BUT CONSIDERED POTENTIAL.
  • ABOUT 4 MILLION MT OF MEASURED ORE ARE PRESENT BUT CONSIDERED POTENTIAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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