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Mina Tapada De Munchique

Past Producer in Cauca, Colombia with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066117
MRDS ID TC41929
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Tapada De Munchique
Alternate or previous names Munchique

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.96642, 2.46814 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cauca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Cauca

Comments on the location information

  • ON E SLOPE OF HIGHLAND CALLED ALTO DE MUNCHIQUE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.96642, 2.46814
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name MAIN VEIN
    Strike N
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 150M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Swedish Diamond Drilling Co
    Last year 1936

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on development

  • SWEDES EXPLORED AND DEVELOPED MINE IN 1936 AND BUILT A 30 TON, ALL SLIMING, COUNTERCURRENT MILL AND CYANIDE PLANT. IN 1943 OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED.

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE FOR ONE OF SEVERAL ORE SHOOTS, AVE THICKNESS 0.4-0.6 M, HAS LESS THAN 6% SULFIDES; MUCH ORE OF MORE THAN 1 OZ AU/TON WAS FOUND, BUT MILL HEAD WAS LESS THAN 0.5 OZ.

Reporter information

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

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

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