Tipacoque

Prospect in Boyaca, Colombia with commodity Lead
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182155
MAS/MILS ID 3010110008
Record type Site
Current site name Tipacoque
Alternate or previous names Mochancuta

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.68294, 6.33457 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.68294, 6.33457

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 3M
    Length 70M
    Width 100M
    Area 15HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20E:80N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Soata

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, Q., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA: USGS B.

  • Deposit

    204 PGS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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