Mine detail: Chivor Mines

Previously called 'Somondoco'

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Location: Boyaca, Colombia, South America
Lat / long: 4.86804, -73.36636
dep_id: 60001511
mrds_id: TC41801
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore_ctrl: HYDROFRACTURING
Reporter: ORRIS, GRETA J., PAGE, NORMAN J.
Structure: MIRALINDO ANTICLINE AND GUACHAROS FAULT
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disc_yr: 1538
discr: Chibcha 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:: WOKITTEL, ROBERTO, AND LOPEZ C., JAIME, 1953, ESTUDIOS MINEROS Y GEOLOGICOS DE LA REGION DEL FUAVIO Y DE LOS FARALLONES DE MEDINA: COLOMBIA MINISTERIO DE MINAS Y PETROLEOS BOLETIN GEOLOGICO, ANO 1, NO. 4, P. 1-61.
  • 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.
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