Mine detail: Cosquez Mines

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Location: Boyaca, Colombia, South America
Lat / long: 5.6513, -74.16638
dep_id: 60001512
mrds_id: TC41802
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN/PEGMATITE
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
alteration: HYDROTHERMAL
ore_ctrl: HYDROFRACTURING
Reporter: ORRIS, GRETA J., PAGE, NORMAN J.
Structure: NORMAL FAULTING, FOLDING; INCLUES COSZUEZ FAULT (N20), HORST
dy_ba: >
disc_yr: 1600
References:
  • 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.
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