Antioquia
Producer

El Silencio Mine

Antioquia, Colombia
GoldSilverCopperZincLead
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Description

Compania De Frontino Y Bolivia S.A. (British)

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlMajor Shear Zone Probably Multiply Reopened During Mineralization.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Associated rockDiorite,Dacite · Segovia Batholith
StructureCentral Cordillera; N-S, Major Shear Zone With Branches
AlterationSilicification, Considerable Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1825
Discovery year1825
Identification
Deposit ID10068462
MRDS IDW001523
Alternate namesManta, Frontino Gold Mines Ltd. Veins: Main Vein
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates7.10123, -74.68302
References
WOKITTEL, R., COLOMBIA NAT. GEOL. SERV., TOMOX, 1960.FEININGER, BARRERO, CASTRO, RAMIREZ AND OTHERS, 1970, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL ORIENTE DEL DEPTO. DE ANTIOQUIA, INST. NAC. DE INVEST. GEOL-MINES, COLUMBIA.E/MJ INTL. DIR.RODRIGUEZ, C.J., AND PERNETT, A., 1983, RECURSOS MINERALES DE ANTIOQUIA, BOL. GEOL. INGEOMINAS, V. 26, NO. 3, P. 116, BOGOTA.HALL, R., ET AL, 1970, RECURSOS MINERALES DE PARTE DE ANTIOQUIA Y CALDAS, BOL. GEOL. V. 18, NO. 2, BOGOTA.OQUENDO, E., 1970, OCCURRENCIAS MINERALES DE ZARAGOZA, SEGOVIA Y REMEDIOS, INF. 1574, INGEOMINAS, BOGOTA.LOZANO, H., Y PULIDO, O.H., 1983, METALES PRECIOSOS - ORO, IN RECURSOS MINERALES DE COLOMBIA, 2ND ED., PUB. GEOL. ESP. NO. 1, INGEOMINAS, BOGOTA.U.S. EMBASSY, BOGOTA, 1993, 1992 MINERALS REPORT- COLOMBIA: DEPARTMENT OF STATE CABLE, 7/93.SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204.INTERNATIONAL MINERALS CORPORATION, (N.D.), PRIVATE REPORTS: INTERNATIONAL MINERALS CORPORATION, NEW YORK.1950 COMPILE SINGEWALD, Q., USGS BULL. 964B.1960 COMPILE WOKITTEL, R., COL. NAT. GEOL. SURV., TOMOX1971 COMPILE HALL, R.B., COLOMBIA BOL. GEOL. VU.S. EMBASSY, BOGOTA (1993). SINGEWALD (1950).