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La Lopez

Past Producer in Tolima, Colombia with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066610
MRDS ID TC42875
Record type Site
Current site name La Lopez

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.48027, 3.69696 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM S OF THE TOWN OF CHAPARRAL.

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

  • LOCATED ALONG THE AMOYA RIVER, IN THE VILLAGE OF LA LOPEZ.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result A PAN ASSAY SHOWS THAT THERE IS GOLD AND OTHER ABUNDANT HEAVY MINERALS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.48027, 3.69696
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY OUTCROPS OF TERTIARY VARIEGATED CLAYSTONES INTERSTRATIFIED WITH CONGLOMERATES AND SANDSTONES, ALL OVERLAIN BY RECENT ALLUVIUM DEPOSITED BY THE AMOYA RIVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Initially Worked By The Spaniards. Occasionally Worked By Local Panners.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED BY OPEN PIT WITH SHOVELS. THESE WORKINGS HAVE SINCE BEEN BURIED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUITRAGO R., C., BUENAVENTURA, A., J.A., AND VESGA O., C.J., 1974, OCURRENCIAS MINERALES EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DEL TOLIMA: MINISTERIO DE MINAS Y ENERGIA, REPUBLICA DEL COLOMBIA, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    BUENAVENTURA, J.A., 1975, OCURRENCIAS MINERALES EN LA REGION NORTE DEL TOLIMA. INF 1688, INGEOMINAS, BOGOTA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS IN ALLUVIUM DEPOSITED BY THE AMOYA RIVER, AND IS NOW BEING ERODED BY THE SAME RIVER. THE CONGLOMERATE CONSISTS OF VARIOUS SIZED CLASTS OF IGNEOUS INTRUSIVES AND QUARTZ IN A SANDY MATRIX. GOLD FLAKES ARE FOUND IN THE MATRIX.
Deposit BUENAVENTURA (1975) REPORTS THAT THE DEPOSIT IS OF LITTLE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, AND THAT THERE ARE ONLY A FEW AREAS LEFT WITH LOW GOLD CONTENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1995 Wells, Tina M. 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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