Scientific data near [ 5.70000,-76.65000]

Search area extends approximately 2.2 km east-west and 2.2 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Colombia	country
South America	continent
Land	continent

Major mineral deposits of the world

Regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities. Originally compiled in five parts by diverse authors, combined here for convenience despite likely inconsistencies among the regional reports.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Commodity
San Juan/Atrato Rivers	Surficial	Gold, platinum

Global distribution of selected mines, deposits, and districts of critical minerals

Approximate locations and short descriptions of mines, deposits, and districts where critical minerals are found. The critical minerals are discussed in USGS Professional Paper 1802 many of these locations are described in further detail in that report.

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Site name	Critical minerals	Deposit type
San Juan and Atrato Rivers districts	Platinum-Group Elements	Deposit type unclassified

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
Gold Placers of Choco Department	Producer	AU PGE_PT AG
San Juan and Atrato Rivers District	Producer	AU PGE
El Choco, Western Cordillera	Prospect	CU

An index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases (web-accessible database)

A compendium of references to previously published databases and database records that describe PGE, nickel, and chromium deposits and occurrences. These data show where to obtain more detailed information about each deposit or occurrence.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
Rios Alrato-San Juan	unclassified
Gold Placers of Choco Department	Producer	Choco, Colombia
San Juan and Atrato Rivers District	Producer	Choco, Colombia

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Colombia-Ecuador Miocene Chaucha	porphyry copper	Miocene principally calc-alkaline plutons including granites, granodiorites, tonalites, and dacite porphyries. Includes most of the Central Cordillera of Colombia.
Colombia Paleocene–Eocene Acandi	porphyry copper	Paleocene-Eocene mostly calc-alkaline plutons including tonalities, diorites, and granodiorites of the Mande batholith (Colombia), Acandi batholith (Colombia-Panama), Santiago batholith (Peru), and some outliers.