Description
Mr. Benjamin Alvarado
Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSEDIMENTARY, BEDDED, MINETTE - TYPE
Model247: Oolitic ironstones
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlSTRATIFORM; MOLASSE BASIN SEDIMENTS
Geology
StructureSOAPAGA FAULT AND RELATED MINOR FAULTS; ANTICLINAL ARCH BREACHED BY RIO CHICAMOCHA., SOAPAGA FAULT ; REG.TRENDS: APPROX. N 30 E
AlterationONLY THAT RELATED TO TYPICAL DIAGENESIS.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1954
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID60001585
MRDS IDW001524
Alternate namesEl Uche, Fraile-Picacho, La Mesa - El Uvo, El Salitre, Coloradales, El Banco, Sativa, Paz Vieja, Jerico-Socota, El Tambor, La Loma, El Cucharo, Bacota, El Hato
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates6.01798, -72.76634
References
UNITED NATIONS, 1970, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, PP. 337 - 340.SARMIENTO - SOTO, R., 1946, UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, UCLA, P. 181.KIMBERLEY, MICHAEL M., 1973, UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, PRINCETON U.ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES - OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW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.VAN HOUTEN, F.B., 1967, CENOZOIC OOLITIC IRON ORE, PAZ DE RIO, BOYACA, COLOMBIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 7, P. 992-999.SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204.INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICO MINERAS, 1994, COLOMBIA: MINERAL POTENTIAL AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, 1993: BOGOTA, GRAFI VISION EDITORES LTDA.ALVARADO, B., AND SARMIENTO-SOTO, R., 1944, COLOMBIA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.GRUNER, J.W., 1946, GEOCHEMISTRY REPORT 517: NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COLOMBIA.SARMIENTO-SOTO, R., 1946, LOS ANGELES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, 181 P.