Description
Natives, And Spanish Colonizers
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Platinum
SecondarySilver, Palladium, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Model120: Placer PGE-Au
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formMEANDERING
Ore controlFluvial Mechanical Concentration Of Heavy Minerals To Form Paystreaks
Materials
Ore mineralsPlatinum
GangueChromite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Geology
Associated rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock · Ultrabasic Intrusives, Alpine;Quartz Diorite, Tonalite, Granodiorite
StructureReg.Trends: N - S Folding, Faulting, And Ultrabasic Intrusions
Tectonic settingWestern Cordillera Of Colombia
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1778 - 1971 (EST)
First production1778
Discovery year1557
Identification
Deposit ID10107269
MRDS IDW001518
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates5.10133, -76.66641
References
SINGEWALD, Q., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA, USGS BULL. 964 BWOKITTEL, R., 1961, GEOLOGIA ECONOMICO DEL CHOCO, BOL. GEOL., V. 7, PP 119 - 162MERTIE, J. B., 1969, ECON. GEOL. OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PP. 6301950 COMPILE SINGEWALD, Q., USGS BULL. 964B1961 COMPILE WOKITTEL, R., COLOMBIAN GEOL. SURV.1969 COMPILE MERTIE, J. B., USGS PP 630PRIVATE, CHOCO - PACIFICO MINING CO., SUBSIDIARY OF INTERNATIONAL MINING CORP., N. Y.J. A. SWAN, CHOCO PACIFICO MINING CO., R. WOKITTEL (1961)J. A. SWAN, PRODUCTION SUPERINTENDENT, CHOCO - PACIFIC MINING CO.