Mine detail: Paz Del Rio Deposit

Previously called 'La LomaEl TamborJerico-SocotaPaz ViejaSativaEl BancoEl UcheColoradalesEl SalitreLa Mesa - El UvoFraile-PicachoEl CucharoBacotaEl Hato'

Location:	Boyaca, Colombia, South America
Lat / long:	6.01798, -72.76634
dep_id:	60001585
mrds_id:	W001524
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	SEDIMENTARY, BEDDED, MINETTE - TYPE
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
model:	247: Oolitic ironstones
alteration:	ONLY THAT RELATED TO TYPICAL DIAGENESIS.
conc_proc:	IRON CONSIDERED BY KIMBERLEY (IN PREP.) TO HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED DURING EARLY DIAGENESIS.
ore_ctrl:	STRATIFORM; MOLASSE BASIN SEDIMENTS
Reporter:	COOPER, MARGARET, SHAFFER, GLENN L., KIMBERLEY, MICHAEL M., PAGE, NORMAN J., ORRIS, GRETA J.
Structure:	SOAPAGA FAULT AND RELATED MINOR FAULTS; ANTICLINAL ARCH BREACHED BY RIO CHICAMOCHA., SOAPAGA FAULT ; REG.TRENDS: APPROX. N 30 E
Year first produced:	1954
disc_yr:	1942
discr:	Mr. Benjamin Alvarado
References:	Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS, 1970, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, PP. 337 - 340. Deposit:: SARMIENTO - SOTO, R., 1946, UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, UCLA, P. 181. Deposit:: KIMBERLEY, MICHAEL M., 1973, UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, PRINCETON U. Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES - OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302-380. Deposit:: VAN HOUTEN, F.B., 1967, CENOZOIC OOLITIC IRON ORE, PAZ DE RIO, BOYACA, COLOMBIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 7, P. 992-999. Deposit:: SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204. Deposit:: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICO MINERAS, 1994, COLOMBIA: MINERAL POTENTIAL AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, 1993: BOGOTA, GRAFI VISION EDITORES LTDA. Deposit:: ALVARADO, B., AND SARMIENTO-SOTO, R., 1944, COLOMBIA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Deposit:: GRUNER, J.W., 1946, GEOCHEMISTRY REPORT 517: NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COLOMBIA. Deposit:: SARMIENTO-SOTO, R., 1946, LOS ANGELES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, 181 P.