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La Sierra Alluvial Deposits

Producer in Antioquia, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100801
MRDS ID TC35945
Record type Site
Current site name La Sierra Alluvial Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58302, 6.2846 (WGS84)
Relative position LA SIERRA IN THE NORTHERN EXTREMITY, SAN MIGUEL IN THE SOUTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Antioquia(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Antioquia

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS ARE ON THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE RIO MAGDALENA. TRIBUTARIES INCLUDE RIOS LA MIEL, SAMANA, AND NARE. LA SIERRA IS THE NEAREST LOCALITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold 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) -74.58302, 6.2846
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL BANKS IN THE BASAL PART OF THE HONDA FORMATION ARE WORKED BY SMALL MINERS IN THE AREAS OF LA PALMERA AND LA CEIBA AND THE UPPER PARTS OF THE RIOS LA MIEL AND SAMANA. LARGER OPERATORS WORK THE TERRACES AND RECENT GRAVELS OF RIO NUS IN THE AREA OF LA SIERRA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Sierra - San Miguel

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CONSISTS OF MANY SMALL OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ, C.J., AND PERNETT, A., 1983, RECURSOS MINERALES DE ANTIOQUIA, BOL. GEOL. INGEOMINAS, V. 26, NO. 3, 116 P., BOGOTA.

  • Deposit

    INGEOMINAS, REGIONAL OFFICE, MEDELLIN, VARIOUS REPORTS.

  • Deposit

    CUERVO, J.R., 1979, MINA DEL RIO LA MIEL EN SONSON, LIC. 4456, INGEOMINAS REGIONAL OFFICE, MEDELLIN.

  • Deposit

    INGEOMINAS, 1983, CATALOGO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS, PROSPECTOS Y MANIFESTACIONES MINERALES DE COLOMBIA, PUBL. GEOL. ESP. NO. 13, P. 462.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Learned, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Learned, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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