Quebrada Pajaritos

Occurrence in Colombia with commodity Iron
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 10158462
MAS/MILS ID 3010370010
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Pajaritos

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.76434, 7.12403 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Colombia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.76434, 7.12403

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.9M
    Length 22M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silos

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 31, 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. 49.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE HEMATITE CONTENT PROBABLY DOES NOT EXCEED 10 % OF THE VO THE OUTCROPS (WARD, P. 49).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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