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El Jardin

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 10066612
MRDS ID TC42877
Record type Site
Current site name El Jardin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.56582, 3.6728 (WGS84)
Elevation 900
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM SW 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 NEAR THE TASAJO STREAM, IN THE VILLAGE OF EL VALLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.56582, 3.6728
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY OUTCROPS OF TERTIARY CLAYSTONES, SANDSTONES, AND CONGLOMERATES OVERLAIN BY RECENT ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner An English Co. (Late 1800s).

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORIGINAL WORKINGS HAVE BEEN BURIED AND COVERED UP BY VEGETATION.

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 A RECENT ALLUVIAL CONGLOMERATE THAT CONSISTS OF CLASTS OF IGNEOUS INTRUSIVES AND QUARTZ IN A CLAYEY SAND MATRIX. NEAR THE BASE OF THE CONGLOMERATE THERE ARE OXIDIZED BELTS OF SAND WHERE THERE ARE GOLD FLAKES AND OTHER ABUNDANT HEAVY MINERALS. THE CONGLOMERATE IS EXTENSIVE IN AREA AND AVERAGES 3 M THICK.
Deposit BUENAVENTURA (1975) REPORTS THAT THE DEPOSIT HAS ONLY BEEN PARTIALLY WORKED, AND THAT A GOOD PART OF THE CONGLOMERATE HAS YET TO BE EXPLORED. THESE AREAS PROBABLY HAVE GOOD GOLD CONTENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1995 Wells, Tina M. U.S. Geological Survey

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