Quinchía mine, Quinchía, Risaralda Department, Colombiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Quinchía mine | Mine |
Quinchía | Municipality |
Risaralda Department | Department |
Colombia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
5° 20' 4'' North , 75° 43' 57'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Mindat Locality ID:
433508
Long-form identifier:
1:2:433508:8
GUID (UUID V4):
b636cb1f-aed3-4688-95c5-110b68596086
Gold mine.
"The Quinchía Project, covering an area of 1,407.43 hectares (3,477.8 acres), encompasses multiple porphyry gold target centers that have been early stage drill tested in 2006. Three historic Miocene intrusive centers have been identified, spaced out over a 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north to south strike, and are at elevations between 1,600 and 1,950 metres (5,250 and 6,400 ft). These intrusive centers are composed of dykes and stocks emplaced in intermediate to felsic volcanic rocks of the Miocene Combia Formation and in Cretaceous basalts. All target centers host gold and copper mineralization.
The volcanic member of the Combia Formation is predominantly composed of basaltic and andesitic leaks, volcanic breccias and porphyry deposits of andesitic to dacitic composition. The mineralizations occur in porphyry veins in the andesitic sections without visible hydrothermal alterations." (Wikipedia)
The gold-bearing veins are veins are mainly composed of quartz, chalcopyrite, pyrite and sphalerite.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinch%C3%ADa_mine |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinch%C3%ADa_mine |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinch%C3%ADa_mine |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinch%C3%ADa_mine |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinch%C3%ADa_mine |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinch%C3%ADa_mine |
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Wikidata ID: | Q16968802 |
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