Canada El Tuto

Occurrence in Colombia with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133646
MAS/MILS ID 3010370002
Record type Site
Current site name Canada El Tuto

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.78904, 7.06873 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Colombia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.78904, 7.06873

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N62W
    Dip 32E
    Thickness 5.4M
    Length 136M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Strike And Dip N62W:32E
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silos

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 27, 1975: WARD, D.E., ANDOTHERS, 1970, MINERAL DEPOS

  • Deposit

    PART OF SANTANDER AND NORTH SANTANDER [SPAN]: I.N.I.G.M., BO

  • Deposit

    GEOL., VOL. 18, NO. 3, P. 42.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-JUL-1991 Martinez U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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