| Location: | Boyaca, Colombia, South America |
| Lat / long: | 5.55131, -74.16635 |
| dep_id: | 10066008 |
| mrds_id: | TC41800 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Gemstone |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Beryl, Emerald |
| gangue: | Albite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Limonite, Muscovite, Parisite, Pyrite, Sulfur |
| alteration: | Hydrothermal |
| ore_ctrl: | Hydrofracturing |
| Reporter: | Page, Norman J., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Paja Formation |
| hrock_type: | Black Shale,Limestone |
| arock_type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Horst, Normal Faulting, Folding |
| tectonic: | Eastern Cordillera |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1558 |
| discr: | Spanish, But Mined Previously By Muzo Indians. |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204.
- Deposit:: RESTREPO A., HERNAN, 1961, RECONOCIMIENTO DE LAS MINAS DE ESMERALDAS DE MUZO, DEPARTAMENTO DE BOYACA: COLOMBIA SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL BOLETIN GEOLOGICO, V. 7, NOS. 1-3, P. 61-84.
- Deposit:: GIULIANI, G., RODRIGUEZ, C.T., AND RUEDA, F., 1990, LES GISEMENTS *MERAUDE DE LA CORDILLERE ORIENTALE DE LA COLOMBIE: NOUVELLES DONNEES METALLOGENIQUES: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 25, P. 102-111.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: SINGEWALD (1950).
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