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Anazu Mines

Past Producer in Cauca, Colombia with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066115
MRDS ID TC41927
Record type Site
Current site name Anazu Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.66641, 3.00145 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100
Relative position ON FLATS OF UPPER RIO CAUCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cauca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Cauca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.66641, 3.00145
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1937

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aznazu Gold Dredging, Ltd. )
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Colombian Government And Private Owners.

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE VALUE 21.1 CENTS. UNKNOWN DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AVERAGE VALUE 17 CENTS.

Comments on development

  • SMALL DREDGE BEGAN IN 1937, LARGER DREDGE IN 1941.

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 First Production Year: 1937 DREDGING
Deposit PAYSTREAK OCCURS AT 25 FT DEEP IN GRAVELS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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