La Playa Deposits

Producer in Antioquia, Colombia with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10100862
MRDS ID	TC39072
Record type	Site
Current site name	La Playa Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-76.71641, 6.61792 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	2000(meters)

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

OM RIO MAGUI.
LA PLAYA 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)	-76.71641, 6.61792	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

ANTIGUA FM IS OLDEST, DEPOSITED BY BRAIDED STREAMS, HUMID FAN DEPOSIT, OVERLAIN BY SAN JUAN FM. EROSION PRODUCED INCISED VALLEYS IN WHICH PANAMBI FM DEPOSITED IN BRAIDED STREAMS AND IS OVERLAIN BY MAGUI FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC39072

Bibliographic references

Deposit

RODRIGUEZ, C., AND PERNETT, A., 1980, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIA, ESCALA 1:500,000, INGEOMINAS
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	PAYAN FORMATION CONTAINS LOW GOLD VALUES; ANTIGUA AND PANAMBI CONTAIN GOLD VALUES GREATER THAN 0.01 TROY OZ PER CUBIC METER (> 0.16 PPM).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1993	Learned, R.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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