Mine detail: Popayan High - Aluminum Laterites

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Location

Lat / long:

2.73478, -76.58307

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Gibbsite, Halloysite
Orebody form:	ELONGATE TO AMOEBOID RIDGE CAPPINGS
Discovery year:	1966

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

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

References

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.