Commodities
PrimaryGold, Platinum
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formSTREAM
Ore controlFluvial Concentration Of Heavy Minerals To Form Paystreaks
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Platinum
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Alluvium;Sedimentary Rocks;Eugeosynclinal Mafic Volcanics, Sed Rocks
Associated rockDiorite · Hypabyssal Calcalkaline Intrusives
StructureNorth-South Western Cordillera, Fold Axes, Faulting, Intrusion
Tectonic settingOuter Fold Belt Of Colombian Andes; Eugeosyncline
AlterationDeep Tropical Weathering
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsPREHISTORIC TO PRESENT
Identification
Deposit ID10068458
MRDS IDW001519
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates5.7013, -76.64974
References
WOKITTEL, R., 1961 GEOLOGIA ECONOMICO DEL CHOCO, COLOMBIA BOL. GEOL. V.7, P. 119-1621961 COMPILE WOKITTEL, R., NAT. GEOL. SURV. OF COLOMBIA.INTERNATIONAL MINING CORPORATION, NEW YORK.SPANISH ARCHIVES, WOKITTAL(1961)