La Paua and Palmita Mines

Past Producer in Tolima, Colombia with commodity Quartz

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10099591
MRDS ID	TC41888
Record type	Site
Current site name	La Paua and Palmita Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-75.08303, 4.71802 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolima(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Colombia	Tolima

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Quartz	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

QUARTZ CRYSTALS

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Quartz	Ore
Pyrite	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-75.08303, 4.71802	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Dip 20S

Thickness 2M

Length 500M

Dip	20S
Thickness	2M
Length	500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Santa Isabel Gold District

Comments on the production information

COMMERCIAL CRYSTALS COMPRISE LESS THAN 0.01% OF THE ENTIRE VEIN.

Comments on the workings information

SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS OF STOPE LENGTH (1943).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC41888

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

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	BOTH MINES EXPLOIT SAME VEIN.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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