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Quindio

Past Producer in Tolima, Colombia with commodity Mercury
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105365
MRDS ID TC41836
Record type Site
Current site name Quindio
Alternate or previous names Bermellon, Adits: San Blas, Santa Teresa, San Roque, Espanol No. 2,, Espanol Antiguo.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.54832, 4.4347 (WGS84)
Elevation 3150

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

  • AT HEAD OF QUEBRADA CRISTALES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.54832, 4.4347
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1889-1890, AND 1910-1914; PLACERED ALLUVIAL, TOPSOIL, ETC. AS WELL AS MINED FROM VEINS.

Comments on the workings information

  • 9 ADITS, MANY PITS AND OPEN CUTS, AND PLACERED AREA.

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 ALSO SEEMS TO OCCUR DISSEMINATED IN BEDS.
Deposit Discovery Year: SPANISH COLONIAL

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.

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