La Tosca

Producer in Santander, Colombia with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279525
MAS/MILS ID 3010410013
Record type Site
Current site name La Tosca
Alternate or previous names Puente Caido

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.87464, 7.28452 (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
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.87464, 7.28452

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.8M
    Length 40M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1555

Mining district

District name Vetas

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 20
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 24, 1975: WARD, D.E., ANDOTHERS, 1970, MINERAL RESOU

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOL., VOL. 18, NO. 3, PP. 16-50.

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.