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Chicuali

Past Producer in Tolima, Colombia with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066605
MRDS ID TC42869
Record type Site
Current site name Chicuali

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.4661, 3.74668 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 KM E OF THE TOWN OF CHAPARRAL.

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

  • LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF CHICUALI, BY THE LA SAPERA STREAM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.4661, 3.74668
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY OUTCROPS OF QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS WHICH MAKE UP THE CHAPARRAL ALLUVIAL FAN. FAN MATERIAL IS PRIMARILY RED SANDY-CLAY, SANDSTONE, AND CONGLOMERATE. THE FAN DISCORDANTLY OVERLIES TERTIARY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ORIGINALLY WORKED BY THE SPANIARDS. WORKED AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Originally Worked By The Spaniards.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY WITH GROUND SLUICES AND MONITORS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUITRAGO R., C., BUENAVENTURA A., J.A., AND VESGA O., C.J., 1974, OCURRENCIAS MINERALES EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DEL TOLIMA: MINISTERIO DE MINAS Y ENERGIA, REPUBLICA DEL COLOMBIA. SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    BUENAVENTURA, J.A., 1975, OCURRENCIAS MINERALES EN LA REGION NORTE DEL TOLIMA. INF. 1688, INGEOMINAS, BOGOTA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS A CONGLOMERATE WHICH CONSISTS OF VARYING-SIZED CLASTS (SOME UP TO 1 M IN DIAMETER) OF PREDOMINANTLY QUARTZ DIORITE AND GRANODIORITE. THE MATRIX IS PREDOMINANTLY GRAY SAND AND CONTAINS SMALL GOLD FLAKES AND OTHER HEAVY MINERALS.
Deposit BUENAVENTURA (1975) REPORTS THAT THE RICHEST ZONES OF THE PLACER HAVE BEEN INTENSELY WORKED, AND ONLY POOR REMENENTS OF THE DEPOSIT REMAIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1995 Wells, Tina M. 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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