El Tambor Mines

Past Producer in Antioquia, Colombia with commodities Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001378
MRDS ID TC39058
Record type District
Current site name El Tambor Mines
Alternate or previous names El Tambor, La Compania, Los Indios, Porton, El Carmen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.94972, 6.40126 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position CAICEDO IS THE NEAREST LOCALITY.

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 Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.94972, 6.40126

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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