Paz Del Rio Deposit

Producer in Boyaca, Colombia with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001585
MRDS ID W001524
Record type District
Current site name Paz Del Rio Deposit
Alternate or previous names Fraile-Picacho, La Mesa - El Uvo, El Salitre, Coloradales, El Uche, El Banco, Sativa, Paz Vieja, Jerico-Socota, El Tambor, La Loma, El Cucharo, Bacota, El Hato

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.76634, 6.01798 (WGS84)
Relative position ON BOTH SIDES OF RIO CHICAMOCHA.

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
Iron Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) ONLY THAT RELATED TO TYPICAL DIAGENESIS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 247
USGS model code 34f
Deposit model name Oolitic ironstones

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.76634, 6.01798

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description SOAPAGA FAULT AND RELATED MINOR FAULTS; ANTICLINAL ARCH BREACHED BY RIO CHICAMOCHA.
Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description SOAPAGA FAULT ; REG.TRENDS: APPROX. N 30 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • STRATIFORM; MOLASSE BASIN SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Mr. Benjamin Alvarado
Year of first production 1954

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner ACERIAS PAZ DEL RIO, S.A.
  • Type Operator
    Owner ACERIAS PAZ DEL RIO, S.A.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS, 1970, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, PP. 337 - 340.

  • Deposit

    SARMIENTO - SOTO, R., 1946, UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, UCLA, P. 181.

  • Deposit

    KIMBERLEY, MICHAEL M., 1973, UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, PRINCETON U.

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES - OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302-380.

  • Deposit

    VAN HOUTEN, F.B., 1967, CENOZOIC OOLITIC IRON ORE, PAZ DE RIO, BOYACA, COLOMBIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 7, P. 992-999.

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204.

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICO MINERAS, 1994, COLOMBIA: MINERAL POTENTIAL AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, 1993: BOGOTA, GRAFI VISION EDITORES LTDA.

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, B., AND SARMIENTO-SOTO, R., 1944, COLOMBIA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

  • Deposit

    GRUNER, J.W., 1946, GEOCHEMISTRY REPORT 517: NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COLOMBIA.

  • Deposit

    SARMIENTO-SOTO, R., 1946, LOS ANGELES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, 181 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 19-OCT-1994 PAGE, NORMAN J. U.S. Geological Survey THE FOLLOWING DEPOSITS ARE BEING WORKED: LA MEAS, EL UVO, BUENOS AIRES, COLORADALES, AND EL UCHE. RECORD W026880 WAS COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD.
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 KIMBERLEY, MICHAEL M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1973 COOPER, MARGARET U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 SHAFFER, GLENN L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 05-JAN-1995 ORRIS, GRETA J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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