Montenegro

Prospect in Santander, Colombia with commodities Iron, Lead, Manganese, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133348
MAS/MILS ID 3010410017
Record type Site
Current site name Montenegro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.64434, 6.73345 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santander(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Santander

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.64434, 6.73345

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 2.2M
    Length 11M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20W:80W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Concepcion Del Oro

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 29, 1975: WARD, D.E., AND OTHERS, 1970, MINERAL DEPO

  • Deposit

    PART OF SANTANDER AND NORTH SANTANDER [SPAN]: I.N.I.G.M., BO

  • Deposit

    GEOL., VOL. 18, NO. 3, PP. 45-46

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCTOBER 29, 1975: THE TEST SHAFT SHOWS THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE WARDS: 20 TO 30 CM. OF SOFT LIMONITE AT THE TOP, 2.2 M. OF T NERALIZED ZONE, AND BELOW IT GREY SANDY ^LAYS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Martinez U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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