Guayaquil Mine

Past Producer in Caldas, Colombia with commodities Lead, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066039
MRDS ID TC41834
Record type Site
Current site name Guayaquil Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.08303, 5.58464 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldas(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Caldas

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG CREST AND UPPER SLOPES OF CORDILLERA BETWEEN 7-50N AND 8-30N; LAT/LONG FOR OCANA, PEGMATITES MOST NUMEROUS IN ABREGO 20-25 KM SOUTHEAST OF OCANA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.08303, 5.58464

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 4 MT OF GOLD-RICH GALENA IN 1945.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Production

    SINGEWALD (1950).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS EXPOSED FOR A FEW SQUARE METERS.

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.