Mine detail: Ubala Iron

Previously called 'Compania Minera Nueva Viscayaubala'

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Location: Cundinamarca, Colombia, South America
Lat / long: 4.75135, -73.48299
dep_id: 10068461
mrds_id: W001522
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite, Siderite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Siderite To Limonite By Weathering
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Replacement Of Calcareous Rocks
ore_ctrl: Replacement Along Preferred Sedimentary Horizon Adjacent To Fault.
Reporter: Irving, Earl M.
hrock_unit: Caqueza Form-Shales, Calcareous Unit;Sediments
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Structure: Ne-Sw Folded Cret. Sediments; Strike Faulting., Ne-S Plunging Syncline, Faulted W Limb
disc_yr: 1962
discr: Compania Minera Nueva Viscaya
References:
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS N.Y., 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA.(PP 302-380)IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES; E69 11 C.4.
  • Deposit:: PRINZ, W., 1971, STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF SEVERAL IRON DEPOSITS, CENTRAL COLOMBIA: SPECIAL PROJECT REPORT CO-19, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY, 42 P.
  • Deposit:: 1967 GEOCOLOMBIA CONSULTANTS, PRIVATE
  • Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP WILLIAM PRINZ
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