Cuturu Alluvial Deposits

Occurrence in Antioquia, Colombia with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062472
MRDS ID TC35944
Record type Site
Current site name Cuturu Alluvial Deposits
Alternate or previous names Workings Include: Esmeraldas, Sacramento

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.76636, 7.71787 (WGS84)
Relative position CUTURU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Antioquia(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Antioquia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.76636, 7.71787

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS ARE IN RECENT TERRACES AND ALLUVIUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuturu

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTRACTION PARTIALLY BY DREDGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ, C., AND PERNETT, A., 1980, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE ANTIOQUIA, ESCALA 1:500,000, INGEOMINAS.

  • Deposit

    INGEOMINAS, 1987, RECURSOS MINERALES DE COLOMBIA, 2ND ED., VOL. 1, PUBL. GEOL. ESP. NO. 1, P. 18, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Learned, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.