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Chele

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 10066609
MRDS ID TC42873
Record type Site
Current site name Chele

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.55749, 3.70807 (WGS84)
Elevation 850
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 7 KM SW 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 NEAR THE CHELE STREAM, IN THE VILLAGE OF AGUAYO.

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.55749, 3.70807
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GEOLOGY OF THE AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY TERTIARY CLAYSTONE, CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, AND SANDSTONE INTERLAYERED WITH CONGLOMERATE. THESE TERTIARY ROCKS STRIKE N40E AND DIP 27NW, AND ARE OVERLAIN BY RECENT ALLUVIAL GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Srs. Luis Gil And Luis Arroyave
    First year 1936

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS BURIED EXCAVATIONS AND A BURIED OPEN PIT ARE FOUND.

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 IN A RECENT CONGLOMERATE WHICH WAS DEPOSITED BY THE CHELE STREAM. IT CONSISTS OF IGNEOUS ROCK AND QUARTZ CLASTS WITH A MATRIX OF CLAYEY SAND. THE BASE OF THE CONGLOMERATE IS CHARACTERIZED BY MAROON-COLORED OXIDIZED BANDS WHERE THERE ARE CONCENTRATES OF GOLD FLAKES AND HEAVY MINERALS. THE DEPOSIT EXTEND OVER 500 M IN LENGTH, AND IS UP TO 6 M THICK IN PLACES.
Deposit BUENAVENTURA (1975) REPORTS THAT THE DEPOSIT IS RATHER EXTENSIVE, AND THAT THERE ARE STILL AREAS OF GOOD GOLD CONTENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1995 Wells, Tina M. U.S. Geological Survey

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