Mine detail: Paz Del Rio Deposit

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

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Location

Lat / long:

6.01798, -72.76634

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	SEDIMENTARY, BEDDED, MINETTE - TYPE
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1954

Geology

Structure:	SOAPAGA FAULT AND RELATED MINOR FAULTS; ANTICLINAL ARCH BREACHED BY RIO CHICAMOCHA., SOAPAGA FAULT ; REG.TRENDS: APPROX. N 30 E
Alteration processes:	ONLY THAT RELATED TO TYPICAL DIAGENESIS.

References

MRDS	W001524
DEP	60001585
Reference	{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UNITED NATIONS, 1970, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, PP. 337 - 340.}{Deposit:: SARMIENTO - SOTO, R., 1946, UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, UCLA, P. 181.}{Deposit:: KIMBERLEY, MICHAEL M., 1973, UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, PRINCETON U.}{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES - OCCURRENCE AND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517: NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COLOMBIA.}{Deposit:: SARMIENTO-SOTO, R., 1946, LOS ANGELES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, UNPUBLISHED PH.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.}
Reporter	COOPER, MARGARET, SHAFFER, GLENN L., KIMBERLEY, MICHAEL M., PAGE, NORMAN J., ORRIS, GRETA J.