| Location: | Choco, Colombia, South America |
| Lat / long: | 5.10133, -76.66641 |
| dep_id: | 10107269 |
| mrds_id: | W001518 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Platinum |
| Minor mineral: | Silver, Palladium, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Placer |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Platinum |
| gangue: | Chromite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | MEANDERING |
| work_type: | Surface |
| model: | 120: Placer PGE-Au |
| ore_ctrl: | Fluvial Mechanical Concentration Of Heavy Minerals To Form Paystreaks |
| Reporter: | Irving, Earl M. |
| arock_unit: | Ultrabasic Intrusives, Alpine;Quartz Diorite, Tonalite, Granodiorite |
| arock_type: | Ultramafic Intrusive Rock |
| Structure: | Reg.Trends: N - S Folding, Faulting, And Ultrabasic Intrusions |
| tectonic: | Western Cordillera Of Colombia |
| Year first produced: | 1778 |
| disc_yr: | 1557 |
| prod_yrs: | 1778 - 1971 (EST) |
| discr: | Natives, And Spanish Colonizers |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SINGEWALD, Q., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA, USGS BULL. 964 B
- Deposit:: WOKITTEL, R., 1961, GEOLOGIA ECONOMICO DEL CHOCO, BOL. GEOL., V. 7, PP 119 - 162
- Deposit:: MERTIE, J. B., 1969, ECON. GEOL. OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PP. 630
- Deposit:: 1950 COMPILE SINGEWALD, Q., USGS BULL. 964B
- Deposit:: 1961 COMPILE WOKITTEL, R., COLOMBIAN GEOL. SURV.
- Deposit:: 1969 COMPILE MERTIE, J. B., USGS PP 630
- Deposit:: PRIVATE, CHOCO - PACIFICO MINING CO., SUBSIDIARY OF INTERNATIONAL MINING CORP., N. Y.
- Production:: J. A. SWAN, CHOCO PACIFICO MINING CO., R. WOKITTEL (1961)
- Reserve-Resource:: J. A. SWAN, PRODUCTION SUPERINTENDENT, CHOCO - PACIFIC MINING CO.
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