Mine detail: Pantanos - Pegadorcito

Previously called 'Rio Pantanos'

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Location: Antioquia, Colombia, South America
Lat / long: 6.75125, -76.5664
dep_id: 10068459
mrds_id: W001520
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Molybdenum, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: ELONGATE OVOID
alteration: Silicic, Argillic, Propilitic
conc_proc: Primary Sulfide Mineralization, Little Secondary Enrichment Beneath 15 - 20 Mtrs Of Saprolite Capping
ore_ctrl: E - W Mineralized Zone Cutting N - S Regional Structures
Reporter: Irving, Earl M., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Diorite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Dacite
arock_type: Diorite,Gabbro
Structure: Reg.Struct: E - W Zone Of Crackling In Post - Tectonic Intrusive ; Reg.Trends: N - S, With Transverse Faulting/Shearing ?, Suspected E - W Cross - Fracturing Or Shearing
tectonic: N - S Folded And Faulted Eugeosynclinal Sequence
disc_yr: 1972
discr: Ingeominas With Usgs Tech. Assistance
References:
  • Deposit:: MINISTRY OF MINES & PETROLEUM, DEC 2, 1972, PRESS RELEASE AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
  • Deposit:: ALMINAS AND MOSIER, E.L., 1972, A GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE RIO PANTANOS AREA: USGS (IR) CO-27.
  • Deposit:: ALMINAS, H.V., AND MOSIER, E.L., 1972, GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE RIO PANTANOS AREA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROJECT REPORT CO-27, OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY.
  • Deposit:: 1972 GEOCHEM HENRY ALMINAS, USGS PRELIM. REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1972 GEOCHEM INGEOMINAS, PRELIM. REPORT
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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