Mine detail: Cerro Matoso Mine

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Location:	Cordoba, Colombia, South America
Lat / long:	7.91786, -75.58304
dep_id:	10024505
mrds_id:	ISM0227
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron, Cobalt, Chromium, Nickel
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
Reporter:	Foose, Michael P.
hrock_type:	Peridotite
Structure:	Tropical Weathering
Year first produced:	1980
disc_yr:	1956
References:	Deposit:: GOMEZ, R., OGRYZLO, C.T., AND DOR, A.A., 1979, THE CERRO MATOSO NICKEL PROJECT, IN EVANS, D.J.I., SHOEMAKER, R.S.,- VELTMAN, H., EDS., INTERNATIONAL LATERITE SYMPOSIUM: AMERICA-N INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, -P. 412-458. (RR3) Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1978, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--COLOMBIA: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL, LTD. (RR2) Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1982, PANORAMA--COLUMBIAN FERRONICKEL PROJECT ON STREAM: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 147, NO. 2, P. 79-8-1. (RR8,P. 81) Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 2D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, LTD., -(587) P. (RR1,C18,PA8) Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1982, COLOMBI* CERRO MATOSO POISED FOR 1982 FERRONICKEL PRODUCTION START: ENGIN-EERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 183, NO. 1, P. 35-37. (PC1, PC8,- RR8) Deposit:: SALAK, JOHN, 1984, BILLITON OPTIMISTIC ON FUTURE: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V. 92, NO. 134 (11 JULY), P. 1, 16. (PA1-) Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1983, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA-COLOMBIA: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL, LTD. P. 355-356. Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1983, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--COLOMBIA: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL, LTD. P. 318-319. Production:: PA1: RF6, P. 16; PA8: RF4 PC1, PC8: RF5