1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Mina Vieja De Payande

Past Producer in Tolima, Colombia with commodity Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066003
MRDS ID TC41794
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Vieja De Payande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.11637, 4.2847 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolima(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Tolima

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG GIRADOT-BOGOTA RAILROAD FOR 23 KM BETWEEN TOCAIMA (NE END) TO 3 KM NORTHEAST OF GIRADOT. LAT/LONG FOR GIRADOT. TOCAIMA IS AT 4-27 N AND 74-38W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Idocrase Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE: 3.3% CU, 3.5 OZ/T AG, TR. AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.11637, 4.2847
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Length 120M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1668

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.
  • DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY. PRODUCT PRODUCED OF ABOUT 75% GYPSUM (1945).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 11 SHOOTS EXCEEDING A FEW THOUSAND METRIC TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 2-5% CU, MINOR AG AND AU, ARE NOT REASONABLE TO BE ANTICIPATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • ROOM AND PILLAR SYSTEM FROM INCLINED SHAFTS DOWN 8-12 DEGREES ON DIP (1945 UP 280 M LONG SHAFT).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SINGEWALD (1950).

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM CONTACT AVERAGES ABOUT 5% AND UP TO 10% IN MINED GROUND; SEAMS ARE CONFORMABLE.
Deposit WITHIN 10 M OF CONTACT WITH MONZONITE, POCKETY SHOOTS.
Deposit Discovery Year: COLONIAL TIMES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site