Mine detail: Muzo Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

5.55131, -74.16635

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Beryl, Emerald
Gangue:	Albite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Limonite, Muscovite, Parisite, Pyrite, Sulfur
Discovery year:	1558

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Paja Formation
Host type:	Black Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Horst, Normal Faulting, Folding
Tectonic:	Eastern Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal

References

MRDS	TC41800
DEP	10066008
Reference	{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).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Orris, Greta J.