Mine detail: San Juan and Atrato Rivers District

Previously called 'Upper San Juan-Atrato Rivers DistrictPato-Bagre PlacersPato Consolidated Dredging Co.Choco PacificoCondoto RiverAlto Condoto Complex'

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Location: Choco, Colombia, South America
Lat / long: 5.7013, -76.64974
dep_id: 60000640
mrds_id: ISM0320
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: PGE, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER
Development status: Producer
Reporter: PAGE, NORMAN J.
Structure: RIVER PLACERS; ZONED ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES IN HEADWATERS
yfp_ba: >
Year first produced: 1500
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1492
References:
  • Deposit:: QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, DIE METALLISHEN ROHSTOFFE, BAND 16, PLATINMETALLE: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE, 288 P.
  • Deposit:: ENSMINGER, H.R., 1985, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COLOMBIA IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1983, V. III, AREA REPORTS--INTERNATIONAL: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 197-203.
  • Deposit:: TISTL, M., 1994, GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS OF THE ZONED ALTO CONDOTO COMPLEX, NORTHWEST COLOMBIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 89, P. 158-167.
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