El Limon

Producer in Antioquia, Colombia with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230166
MAS/MILS ID 3010050006
Record type Site
Current site name El Limon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.88299, 7.42621 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Antioquia(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Antioquia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.88299, 7.42621

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05E
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 300M
    Width 200M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N05E:40W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Mining Corp.
    Home office Colombia
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 15, 1975: HALL, R.B., 1970, AND OTHERS, MINERAL DEPO

  • Deposit

    ANTIOQUIA AND CALDAS [SPAN]: I.N.I.G.M., BOL.GEOL., VOL. 18,

  • Deposit

    PP. 22-23.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCTOBER 15, 1975: IN 1971 THERE WAS A CONCENTRATOR (CYANIDATION) UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SEVENTEEN PEOPLE WORK IN THE MINE AND MI ORE IS HANDSORTED AND TAKEN TO THE MILL BY MEN. RESERVES AND AS OF 1961. THE MINING METHOD IS DEFINED AS " VEIN MINING "

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Martinez U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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