Description
Compania Minera Nueva Viscaya
Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlReplacement Along Preferred Sedimentary Horizon Adjacent To Fault.
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock · Caqueza Form-Shales, Calcareous Unit;Sediments
StructureNe-Sw Folded Cret. Sediments; Strike Faulting., Ne-S Plunging Syncline, Faulted W Limb
AlterationSiderite To Limonite By Weathering
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1962
Identification
Deposit ID10068461
MRDS IDW001522
Alternate namesCompania Minera Nueva Viscayaubala
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates4.75135, -73.48299
References
UNITED NATIONS N.Y., 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA.(PP 302-380)IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES; E69 11 C.4.PRINZ, W., 1971, STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF SEVERAL IRON DEPOSITS, CENTRAL COLOMBIA: SPECIAL PROJECT REPORT CO-19, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY, 42 P.1967 GEOCOLOMBIA CONSULTANTS, PRIVATE1970 GEOLMAP WILLIAM PRINZ