La Cancana Mines

Producer in Antioquia, Colombia with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110169
MRDS ID TC39104
Record type Site
Current site name La Cancana Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.0497, 6.78457 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(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

  • LOS CHORRITOS 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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.0497, 6.78457

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS OCCUR IN ROCKS OF THE ANTIOQUENO BATHOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Learned, R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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