Narino Province

Producer in Colombia with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Palladium, Rhodium, Ruthenium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106872
MRDS ID M045000
Record type Site
Current site name Narino Province

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.16645, 1.66818 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Relative position 9 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM BARBACOAS THENCE 22 MILES UPSTREAM, TELEMBI RIVER, DEPT. OF NARINO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Colombia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Undecomposed Cobbles

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.16645, 1.66818

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Western Flank Of The Cordillera Occidental

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 35404.6M
    Depth to bottom 27.43M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Narino Province

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Mining Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • OUTPUT PT EQUALS 1 1/2% BY WEIGHT OF AU

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE TO 1965; MERTIE SAYS "RATHER WIDE PAYSTREAK"

Comments on development

  • RIVER VALLEY PLACER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ROCKS FROM THE HEAD WATERS OF THE TELEMBI RIVER TO THE SEA ARE: PALEOZOIC METAMORPHICS, INTRUSIVE DIABASES, LOWER TERTIARY SEDIMENTS, UPPER TERTIARY SEDIMENTS, AND QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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