Mine detail: Mocoa

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Location

Lat / long:

1.2432, -76.66641

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year:	1974

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Payande Formation;
Host type:	Siltstone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite
Associated rock:	Saldand Formation;Mocoa Batholith
Associated type:	Dacite
Alteration processes:	K Silicate: K-Feldspar-Chlorite Facies; Deep And Central Zone Of Kspar-Phlogopite-Actinolite-Magnetite Facies Coinciding With Low Grade Core; Sericite Zone; Propylitic Halo Of Chlorite, Epidote, Calcite, Prehnite, And Pyrite.

References

MRDS	TC40315
DEP	10065213
Reference	{Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., JARMILLO, L., AND CASTRO, H., 1984, GEOLOGIC EXPLORATION OF A MOLYBDENUM-RICH PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT AT MACOA, COLOMBIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 79, P. 106-123.}{Deposit:: ARIAS, T.A., AND JARAMILLO, C.L., 1987, MINERALES DE COBRE, IN RECURSOS MINERALES DE COLOMBIA, SECOND EDITION: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGATIONS GEOLOGICOS-MINERAS, V.1, P. 123-184.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ARIAS, T. AND JARAMILLO, C. (1987).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.