Mine detail: Alumbral Mine

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Location: Boyaca, Colombia, South America
Lat / long: 5.53464, -74.11634
dep_id: 10066080
mrds_id: TC41878
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Quartz
gangue: Calcite, Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Villeta Formation
hrock_type: Shale
disc_yr: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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