Mine detail: Alumbral Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

5.53464, -74.11634

Resource(N)

Primary:	Quartz
Ore:	Quartz
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Villeta Formation
Host type:	Shale

References

MRDS	TC41878
DEP	10066080
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.