Mine detail: La Salada El Silencio

Previously called 'El SilencioLa Salada'

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Location

Lat / long: 7.45121, -74.86639

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Lead
Other material: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1866

Geology

References

MAS3010050024
DEP10206241
Reference{Deposit:: ANON. MINING DISTRICT OF ZARGOSA-SEGOVIA-REMEDIOS.}{Deposit:: CARMONA, R.A., ED. RECURSOS MINERALES DE COLUMBIA-ORE Y}{Deposit:: PLATA, 1981.}{Deposit:: HALL, R.B., ET. AL. RECURSOS MINERALES, ANTIQUIA Y}{Deposit:: CALDAS, MINAS DE SEGOVIA.}{Deposit:: MCQUISTON, F., AND SHOEMAKER, R. CYANIDATION PLANT}{Deposit:: PRACTICE. AIME (FRONTINO GOLD MINES LTD., SEGOVIA, ANTIQUIA,}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA), PP. 175-178, 1980.}{Deposit:: MAP OF MINERAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUIA,}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA, MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY, COLUMBIA, WITH}{Deposit:: ACCOMPANYING NOTES BY RODRIGUEZ, C.J. AND PERNETT, A., 1980.}{Deposit:: ROSAS, H. AND MONROY, G., RECURSOS MINERALES DE COLUMBIA}{Deposit:: - ORO Y PLATA (SPANISH), MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY,}{Deposit:: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINING, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS,1980}{Deposit:: RUNDALL, W.H. THE GOLD MINES OF THE FRONTINO AND BOLIVIA}{Deposit:: AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES, MINING MAGAZINE, PP. 73-81, FEB.}{Deposit:: TREMLETT, C. P. ORE LOCALIZATION AT FRONTINO GOLD MINES.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, LONDON, JULY 1955, PP. 9-20.}{Deposit:: GOOSENS, P. J. LITHOLOGIC, GEOCHEMICAL AND METALLOGENIC}{Deposit:: BELTS IN THE NORTHERN ANDES AND THEIR STRUCTURAL RELATION-}{Deposit:: SHIPS. MINING ENGINEERING, PP. 60-67, MARCH 1976.}
ReporterBoyle, Ed