Quebrada El Hierro

Prospect in Magdalena, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255033
MAS/MILS ID 3010310001
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada El Hierro

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.67996, 11.16772 (WGS84)
Elevation 300

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Magdalena(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Magdalena

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.67996, 11.16772

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    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 Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Colombian Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Colombia
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OCTOBER 20, 1975: THE RESERVES ARE GIVEN AS: FROM 3,200,000 16,400,000 M.T. OF ORE PER SQUARE KILOMETERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OCTOBE 20, 1975: TSCHANZ, C.M., AND OTHERS, 1970, MINERAL DE

  • Deposit

    OF THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA [SPAN]: I.N.I.G.M., BOL.

  • Deposit

    VOL. 18, NO. 1, PP. 38-41.

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.