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Madronal

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099624
MRDS ID TC42874
Record type Site
Current site name Madronal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.41443, 3.71807 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 8 KM SE 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 IN THE VILLAGE OF MADRONAL, NEAR THE AMOYA RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.41443, 3.71807
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Originally Worked By The Spaniards, And More Recently Worked By Various Operators.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED AS AN OPEN PIT. THE PIT HAS SINCE COLLAPSED, AND HAS BEEN COVERED WITH SOIL AND 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 PLACER DEPOSIT IS IN A RECENT ALLUVIAL CONGLOMERATE THAT CONSISTS OF IGNEOUS INTRUSIVE AND MILKY QUARTZ CLASTS IN A MATRIX OF CLAYEY SAND. SMALL OXIDIZED BELTS ARE OBSERVED IN THE MATRIX, AND THIS IS WHERE GOLD FLAKES AND OTHER HEAVY MINERALS ARE FOUND. THE CONGLOMERATE AVERAGES 5 KM IN THICKNESS.
Deposit BUENAVENTURA (1975) REPORTS THAT IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE ONLY SMALL REMANENTS WITH LOW GOLD CONTENT LEFT OF THE DEPOSIT.

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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