| Lat / long: | 2.73478, -76.58307 |
| Primary: | Aluminum |
| Ore: | Gibbsite, Halloysite |
| Orebody form: | ELONGATE TO AMOEBOID RIDGE CAPPINGS |
| Discovery year: | 1966 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Greenstones And Fine-Grain Sediments;Greenstones And Fine-Grained Sediments; |
| Host type: | Clastic Sedimentary Rock |
| Associated rock: | Popayan Formation; |
| Associated type: | Shale,Tuff,Volcanic Ash,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Structure: | Reg.Struct: Gently Inclined Sedimentary Sequence, 400 Mtrs. Thick ; Reg.Trends: Slopes Gently Westward, In Direction Of Streams, Well Developed Lateritic Profiles Over Popopayan Formation |
| Tectonic: | Comparitively Stable Valley Floor Until Recently Uplifted Epeirogenically |
| Alteration processes: | A - Zone, Humous - Rich; B - Zone, Silica - Leached, C - Zone, Al - Enriched; D - Zone, Bedrock Saprolite |
| MRDS | W001521 |
| DEP | 10068460 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ROSAS, HUMBERTO, 1970, DEPOSITOS BAUXITICOS EN MORALES Y CAJIBIO (CAVCA) Y NOTA SOBRE RECURSOS DE BAUXITA EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS CAVCA Y VALLE DE CAVCA: INGEOMINAS, 3RD NATIONAL MINING CONGRESS, BUCARAMANGA}{Deposit:: CATHCART, J. B., 1970, PROGRESS REPORT, OIG PROJECT REPORT CO - 18, USGS}{Deposit:: CATHCART, J. B., 1972, PHOSPHATE AND BAUXITE INVESTIGATIONS, OIG PROJECT REPORT CO - 26}{Deposit:: CATHCART MANUSCRIPT, APRIL 1970, P. 35-56, SKETCH MAP.}{Deposit:: ROSAS, HUMBERTO, 1970, DEPOSITOS BAUXITOS EN MORALES Y CAJIBIO (CAVCA) Y NOTA SOBRE RECURSOS DE BAUXITA EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS CAVCA 7 VALLE DE CAVCA: INGEOMINAS, 3RD NATIONAL MINING CONGRESS, BUCARAMANGA.}{Deposit:: CATHCART, J.B., 1970, PROGRESS REPORT}{Deposit:: 1971 GEOLMAP INGEOMINAS, GENERAL DISTRIBUTION}{Deposit:: 1972 ADVISOR J. B. CATHCART, ADVISOR ON EXPLORATION PROCEDURES}{Deposit:: 1972 DIREXPL INGEOMINAS, PRELIMINARY AUGER SAMPLING} |
| Reporter | Bannigan, Jane L., Page, Norman J. |