{{Short description|Geological group in central Colombia}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Villeta Group | period = Coniacian | age = Aptian-Coniacian<br />~{{fossil range|125|87}} | image = Relieve_Villetano.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Villeta, type locality of the Villeta Group | type = Geological group | prilithology = Sandstone, shale, limestone | otherlithology = | unitof = | subunits = Conejo Fm., La Frontera Fm., Simijaca Fm., Hiló Fm., Pacho Fm., Chiquinquirá Sst., Capotes Fm., Socotá Fm., El Peñón Fm., Trincheras Fm. | underlies = Guadalupe Group | overlies = La Naveta Formation | thickness = <!--up to {{convert||m|ft|-1}}--> | area = | map = Blakey 105Ma - COL.jpg | map_caption = Paleogeography of northern South America<br />105 Ma, {{small|by Ron Blakey}} | location = | coordinates = {{coord|5|00|59|N|74|28|54|W|display=inline,title}} | region = Altiplano Cundiboyacense<br />Eastern Ranges, Andes | country = Colombia | extent = <!--{{convert||mi|km}}--> | namedfor = Villeta | namedby = Humboldt | year_ts = 1810 | location_ts = | coordinates_ts = {{coord|4|35|31|N|74|03|15|W|display=inline}} | paleocoordinates_ts = | region_ts = Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Huila, Santander | country_ts = Colombia | thickness_ts = }} The '''Villeta Group''' ({{langx|es|Grupo Villeta}}) is a geological group of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, to the west of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. The group, a sequence of shales, limestones and sandstones, is subdivided into various formations; Conejo, La Frontera, Simijaca, Hiló, Pacho, Chiquinquirá, Capotes, Socotá, El Peñón, and Trincheras, and dates to the Cretaceous period; Aptian-Coniacian epochs. The group stretches out across four departments, from Huila in the south, through Cundinamarca and Boyacá to southern Santander in the north. The upper part of the Villeta Group is time-equivalent with the La Luna Formation of the Middle Magdalena Valley (VMM) and Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, the Oliní and Güagüaquí Groups of the Guaduas-Vélez synclinal and the Chipaque Formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. The lower part has been correlated with the Simití, Tablazo and Paja Formations of the VMM, the upper Tibasosa, Une and Fómeque Formations of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the Capacho, Aguardiente, Tibú-Mercedes and upper Río Negro Formations of the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy.
== Etymology == The group was first described by Alexander Von Humboldt around 1810 as the " Villeta Tonschiefer", German name for Villeta's clay slate.<ref>Humboldt, 1810, p. 11</ref> The group was subsequently published in 1892 by Hettner in his book Die Kordilleren von Bogotá and named after its type locality Villeta on the western flanks of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.<ref name=Acosta_p39/>
== Description == === Lithologies === The sequence comprises an alternation of sandstones, shales and limestones and the lithologies and lateral facies variations are described in detail in the various formations comprising the group. Mineralizations of zinc, cadmium and molybdenum have been found in the Villeta Group.<ref name=Acosta2001_p14>Acosta & Ulloa, 2001, p.14</ref>
=== Stratigraphy and depositional environment === The Villeta Group overlies the La Naveta Formation and is overlain by the Guadalupe Group. The age has been estimated to be Aptian-Coniacian and the unit is subdivided into the Conejo, La Frontera, Simijaca, Hiló, Pacho Formations, the Chiquinquirá Sandstone, and the Capotes, Socotá, El Peñón, and Trincheras Formations. The core extent of the group has been defined by Cáceres and Etayo in 1969, running from Apulo in the south to Muzo in the north.<ref name=Acosta_p39>Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.39</ref><ref name=Acosta2001_p22>Acosta & Ulloa, 2001, p.22</ref> The Villeta Group has been deposited in a marine environment and the organic rich shales and pelagic limestones and cherts of the Villeta Group and equivalent units comprise 60-70% of the Cretaceous record in the Eastern Ranges. They provide a good opportunity to study the interactions between tectonics eustatic sea level and sedimentation that regulate relative sea level in a basin.<ref name=Villamil_p161>Villamil, 2012, p.161</ref>
== Outcrops == {{Location map | Bogotá savanna | width = 250 | lat_deg = 5.016345 | lon_deg = -74.481596 | label = | float = left | position = right | mark = Green pog.svg | marksize = 12 | caption = Type locality of the Villeta Group to the northwest of the Bogotá savanna }} The formations of the Villeta Group are apart from its type locality near Villeta, found in other parts of the western flanks of the Eastern Ranges, stretching from Huila in the south to southern Santander in the north.<ref name=Plancha170>Plancha 170, 2009</ref><ref name=Plancha171>Plancha 171, 2009</ref><ref name=Plancha190>Plancha 190, 2009</ref><ref name=Plancha191>Plancha 191, 1998</ref><ref name=Plancha209>Plancha 209, 2009</ref><ref name=Plancha210>Plancha 210, 2010</ref><ref name=Plancha227>Plancha 227, 1998</ref><ref name=Plancha245>Plancha 245, 1999</ref><ref name=Plancha1246>Plancha 246, 1998</ref><ref name=Plancha264>Plancha 264, 2000</ref><ref name=Plancha265>Plancha 265, 1999</ref>
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== See also == {{Portal|Colombia|Geology}} :{{icon|GAN}} Geology of the Eastern Hills :{{icon|B}} Geology of the Ocetá Páramo :{{icon|C}} Geology of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense
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== References == {{reflist|20em}}
=== Bibliography === *{{citation |last=Humboldt|first=Alexander V. |year=1810 |title=Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigenes de l'Amérique |publisher=Chez N. Maze | url=http://alfama.sim.ucm.es/dioscorides/consulta_libro.asp?ref=B23175916&idioma=0 | page=11 |accessdate=2020-03-08}} * {{citation |last1=Acosta |first1=Jorge E. |last2=Ulloa |first2=Carlos E. |year=2002 |title=Mapa geológico del Departamento de Cundinamarca 1:250,000 - Memoria Explicativa |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1–108}} * {{citation |last1=Acosta Garay |first1=Jorge |last2=Ulloa Melo |first2=Carlos E. |year=2001 |title=Geología de la Plancha 208 Villeta - 1:100,000 |url=http://aplicaciones1.sgc.gov.co/Bodega/i_vector/130/10/0100/20136/documento/pdf/0101201361101000.pdf |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1–84 |accessdate=2018-05-12 |archive-date=2017-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324084417/http://aplicaciones1.sgc.gov.co/Bodega/i_vector/130/10/0100/20136/documento/pdf/0101201361101000.pdf |url-status=dead }} * {{citation |last=Villamil |first=Tomas |year=2012 |title=Chronology Relative Sea Level History and a New Sequence Stratigraphic Model for Basinal Cretaceous Facies of Colombia |publisher=Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) |pages=161–216}}
==== Maps ==== * {{citation |last1=Ulloa |first1=Carlos E |last2=Rodríguez |first2=Erasmo |year=2009 |title=Plancha 170 - Vélez - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QcGU2Z19qSDBTZ28 |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Renzoni |first1=Giancarlo |last2=Rosas |first2=Humberto |year=2009 |title=Plancha 171 - Duitama - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QVU40dC0wUzhzTkk |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Fuquen M. |first1=Jaime A |last2=Osorno M |first2=José F. |year=2009 |title=Plancha 190 - Chiquinquirá - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QVEYzMnV1ekNxTDQ |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Renzoni |first1=Giancarlo |last2=Rosas |first2=Humberto |author3-link=Fernando Etayo |last3=Etayo Serna |first3=Fernando |year=1998 |title=Plancha 191 - Tunja - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QQzhBTXNwUWJuUDg |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Ulloa |first1=Carlos |last2=Acosta |first2=Jorge |year=1998 |title=Plancha 208 - Villeta - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QMjhLeWJ0aU1Za1U |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Montoya |first1=Diana María |last2=Reyes |first2=Germán |year=2009 |title=Plancha 209 - Zipaquirá - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QYUdHRWFiN1JrVms |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Terraza |first1=Roberto |last2=Moreno |first2=Giovanni |last3=Buitrago |first3=José A. |last4=Pérez |first4=Adrián |last5=Montoya |first5=Diana María |year=2010 |title=Plancha 210 - Guateque - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QS1VHUTg1MEpNcHM |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Ulloa |first1=Carlos E |last2=Rodríguez |first2=Erasmo |last3=Acosta |first3=Jorge E. |year=1998 |title=Plancha 227 - La Mesa - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QR0k3cWk2aTlwbEk |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Acosta |first1=Jorge E. |last2=Guatame |first2=Rafael |last3=Torres |first3=Oscar |last4=Solano |first4=Frank |year=1999 |title=Plancha 245 - Girardot - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QUmhEQTdMNmcxT28 |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Acosta |first1=Jorge E. |last2=Ulloa |first2=Carlos E. |year=1998 |title=Plancha 246 - Fusagasugá - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QNkY5UEloZU9pdEk |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Calcedo |first1=Juan Carlos |last2=Terraza |first2=Roberto |year=2000 |title=Plancha 264 - Espinal - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QWXFlMThKQTBCRjA |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}} * {{citation |last1=Acosta |first1=Jorge |last2=Calcedo |first2=Juan Carlos |last3=Ulloa |first3=Carlos |year=1999 |title=Plancha 265 - Icononzo - 1:100,000 |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwFQPMJEi17QUVIxRzhsZ2RyTk0 |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1 |accessdate=2017-06-06}}
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