San Juan and Atrato Rivers District

Producer in Choco, Colombia with commodities Gold, PGE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000640
MRDS ID ISM0320
Record type District
Current site name San Juan and Atrato Rivers District
Alternate or previous names Choco Pacifico, Pato Consolidated Dredging Co., Pato-Bagre Placers, Upper San Juan-Atrato Rivers District, Condoto River, Alto Condoto Complex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.64974, 5.7013 (WGS84)
Relative position BELT 300 KM LONG ALONG WEST FLANK OF WESTERN CORDILLERA, WITH QUIBDO NEAR CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Choco(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Choco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.64974, 5.7013

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description RIVER PLACERS; ZONED ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES IN HEADWATERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1492
Year of first production 1500

Mining district

District name SAN JUAN RIVER DISTRICT
District name ATRATO RIVER DISTRICT
District name UPPER SAN JUAN RIVER DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MINEROS DEL CHOCO
    First year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner CHOCO PACIFICO
    Last year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1994 PAGE, NORMAN J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1994 PAGE, NORMAN J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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