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

Lat / long: 5.7013, -76.64974

Resource(M)

Primary: PGE, Gold
Discovery year: 1492

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1500

Geology

Structure:RIVER PLACERS; ZONED ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES IN HEADWATERS

References

MRDSISM0320
DEP60000640
Reference{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.}
ReporterPAGE, NORMAN J.