Mine detail: El Silencio Mine

Previously called 'MantaFrontino Gold Mines Ltd. Veins: Main Vein'

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Location

Lat / long: 7.10123, -74.68302

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1825

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1825

Geology

Host type:Gneiss,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Associated rock:Segovia Batholith
Associated type:Diorite,Dacite
Structure:Central Cordillera; N-S, Major Shear Zone With Branches
Alteration processes:Silicification, Considerable Pyrite

References

MRDSW001523
DEP10068462
Reference{Deposit:: WOKITTEL, R., COLOMBIA NAT. GEOL. SERV., TOMOX, 1960.}{Deposit:: FEININGER, BARRERO, CASTRO, RAMIREZ AND OTHERS, 1970, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL ORIENTE DEL DEPTO. DE ANTIOQUIA, INST. NAC. DE INVEST. GEOL-MINES, COLUMBIA.}{Deposit:: E/MJ INTL. DIR.}{Deposit:: RODRIGUEZ, C.J., AND PERNETT, A., 1983, RECURSOS MINERALES DE ANTIOQUIA, BOL. GEOL. INGEOMINAS, V. 26, NO. 3, P. 116, BOGOTA.}{Deposit:: HALL, R., ET AL, 1970, RECURSOS MINERALES DE PARTE DE ANTIOQUIA Y CALDAS, BOL. GEOL. V. 18, NO. 2, BOGOTA.}{Deposit:: OQUENDO, E., 1970, OCCURRENCIAS MINERALES DE ZARAGOZA, SEGOVIA Y REMEDIOS, INF. 1574, INGEOMINAS, BOGOTA.}{Deposit:: LOZANO, H., Y PULIDO, O.H., 1983, METALES PRECIOSOS - ORO, IN RECURSOS MINERALES DE COLOMBIA, 2ND ED., PUB. GEOL. ESP. NO. 1, INGEOMINAS, BOGOTA.}{Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY, BOGOTA, 1993, 1992 MINERALS REPORT- COLOMBIA: DEPARTMENT OF STATE CABLE, 7/93.}{Deposit:: SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINERALS CORPORATION, (N.D.), PRIVATE REPORTS: INTERNATIONAL MINERALS CORPORATION, NEW YORK.}{Deposit:: 1950 COMPILE SINGEWALD, Q., USGS BULL. 964B.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE WOKITTEL, R., COL. NAT. GEOL. SURV., TOMOX}{Deposit:: 1971 COMPILE HALL, R.B., COLOMBIA BOL. GEOL. V}{Production:: U.S. EMBASSY, BOGOTA (1993). SINGEWALD (1950).}
ReporterIrving, Earl M., Schruben, Paul G., Learned, Robert, Page, Norman J.