Mine detail: Gold Placers of Choco Department

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

5.7013, -76.64974

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Platinum
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold, Platinum
Orebody form:	STREAM
Discovery year:	0

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	PREHISTORIC TO PRESENT

Geology

Host rock:	Alluvium;Sedimentary Rocks;Eugeosynclinal Mafic Volcanics, Sed Rocks
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Hypabyssal Calcalkaline Intrusives
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	North-South Western Cordillera, Fold Axes, Faulting, Intrusion
Tectonic:	Outer Fold Belt Of Colombian Andes; Eugeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Deep Tropical Weathering

References

MRDS	W001519
DEP	10068458
Reference	{Deposit:: WOKITTEL, R., 1961 GEOLOGIA ECONOMICO DEL CHOCO, COLOMBIA BOL. GEOL. V.7, P. 119-162}{Deposit:: 1961 COMPILE WOKITTEL, R., NAT. GEOL. SURV. OF COLOMBIA.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINING CORPORATION, NEW YORK.}{Production:: SPANISH ARCHIVES, WOKITTAL(1961)}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M.