El Cerro Mine

Occurrence in Antioquia, Colombia with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062470
MRDS ID TC35941
Record type Site
Current site name El Cerro Mine
Alternate or previous names Cerro De Plateado ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.14972, 6.70125 (WGS84)
Relative position FRONTINO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Antioquia(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Antioquia

Comments on the location information

  • OTHER MINES IN THE DISTRICT: SAN DIEGO, LA PRIMAVERA, EL GUAMO, AND LA PIEDRA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.14972, 6.70125

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip S

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EL CERRO STOCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paramo De Frontino

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ, C.J., AND PERNETT, A., 1983, RECURSOS MINERALES DE ANTIOQUIA, BOL. GEOL. INGEOMINAS, V. 26, NO. 3, 116 P., BOGOTA.

  • Deposit

    INGEOMINAS, MEDELLIN REGIONAL OFFICE, REPORT NO. 37.

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ, C.J., AND PERNETT, A., 1980, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DEL DEPTO. DE ANTIOQUIA, ESC. 1:500,000, INGEOMINAS, BOGOTA.

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Learned, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 19-OCT-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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