List of mining areas in Colombia
This is a list of mining areas in Colombia.[1] The mineral industry of Colombia is large and diverse; the country occupies the first place in mining areas per surface area in the world. In pre-Columbian times, mining of gold, silver, copper, emeralds, salt, coal and other minerals was already widespread. Precious metals as gold,[2] and silver,[3] platinum, nickel and coltan are located in different areas throughout the country. Colombia is the first producer of emeralds and as per February 2017 occupied a ninth position in the production of coal, produced in almost all of the departments of the country.[4][5] Platinum is mostly found in the Western and Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes.[6] Copper said to have been produced during colonial and later times apparently came from small shoots which may have been worked primarily for their gold content.[7] The largest gold mine in Colombia is scheduled to start operations in Buriticá, Antioquia.[8][9]
Frequently, there are conflicts between the potential mining activities and the indigenous communities in the country, especially in the eastern, sparsely populated departments of Vichada, Guanía, Guaviare and Vaupés.[10][11]
Maps[]
Gold | Silver | Platinum | Emeralds | Coal | Salt |
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La Colosa, Quinchía Other mining areas |
Marmato Other mining areas |
Type locality Other mining areas |
Western belt Eastern belt |
Cerrejón, La Francia Other mining areas |
Sea salt Rock salt |
List[]
bold | Mineral type or first reported locality |
italic | Prospect or potential mineral |
Department | Municipality | Mining areas | Minerals | Image | Notes |
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Amazonas | La Pedrera | Gold | |||
Leticia | Gold, Silver | ||||
Puerto Arica | Gold | ||||
Puerto Santander | Silver | ||||
Tarapacá | Coal | ||||
Antioquia | Abejorral | Gold, Silver | |||
Abriaquí | Coal | ||||
Alejandría | Coal | ||||
Amagá | Amagá mine | Platinum, Coal, Siderite, formerly gold | |||
Amalfi | Chuchero, Clara, Clavellina, Lola, Vetilla | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Arsenopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz | |||
Andes | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Angelópolis | Coal | ||||
Angostura | Gold, Silver | ||||
Anorí | Constancia | Gold, Silver, Coal, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz | |||
Anzá | Quiuná | Gold, Silver, Coal, Calcite, Quartz | |||
Apartadó | Gold, Silver | ||||
Argelia | Gold, Silver | ||||
El Bagre | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Barbosa | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Bello | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Belmira | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Betania | Gold, Silver | ||||
Briceño | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Buriticá | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Cáceres | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Caicedo | Gold, Silver | ||||
Caldas | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Campamento | Gold, Silver | ||||
Cañasgordas | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Caracolí | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Caramanta | , Condé, San Cayetano, Zareimalito | Gold, Silver, Acanthite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Galena, Kermesite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite | |||
Carepa | Gold, Silver | ||||
Carolina del Príncipe | Gold | ||||
Caucasia | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Chigorodó | Gold, Silver | ||||
Cisneros | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Ciudad Bolívar | Gold | ||||
Concepción | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Concordia | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Copacabana | Gold, Silver | ||||
Dabeiba | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Don Matías | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Ebéjico | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Entrerríos | Gold | ||||
Envigado | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Fredonia | Coal | ||||
Frontino | Frontino mine, Pegadorcito-Pantanos Cu deposit | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Coal, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz | |||
Giraldo | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Girardota | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Gómez Plata | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Guadalupe | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Guarne | Gold | ||||
Guatapé | Gold, Silver | ||||
Heliconia | Gold, Silver | ||||
Hispania | Gold | ||||
Itagüí | Gold, Silver | ||||
Ituango | Gold, Silver, Nickel | ||||
Jardín | Gold, Silver | ||||
Jericó | Gold | ||||
La Ceja | Gold | ||||
La Estrella | Gold, Silver | ||||
La Pintada | Gold, Silver | ||||
Liborina | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Maceo | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Marinilla | Gold, Silver | ||||
Medellín | Morro Pelón | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Nickel, Coal | |||
Montebello | Gold | ||||
Murindó | Murindó Cu-Au deposit | Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Epidote, Magnetite, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Pyrite | |||
Mutatá | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Nariño | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Nechí | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Necoclí | Gold, Silver | ||||
Olaya | Gold | ||||
El Peñol | Gold, Silver | ||||
Puerto Berrío | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Puerto Nare | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Puerto Triunfo | Gold, Silver | ||||
Remedios | Cecelia vein, Cogotes, Córdoba, Cristales, Estancón, Italia, , Pujidos, San Nicolas, Santa Isabel, , , Sucre, Victoria | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Calcite, Galena, Hematite, 'Hornblende', 'Limonite', Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite | |||
Retiro | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Rionegro | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Río Chico | Río Chico Placer District | Gold, Almandine, Columbite-(Fe), Ferberite, Ilmenite, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Rutile, Zircon | |||
Sabanalarga | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Salgar | Gold | ||||
San Andrés de Cuerquia | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
San Carlos | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
San Francisco | Gold | ||||
San Jerónimo | Silver | ||||
San José de la Montaña | Gold, Silver | ||||
San Luis | Gold, Silver | ||||
San Pedro de los Milagros | Gold, Silver | ||||
San Rafael | Gold, Silver | ||||
San Roque | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
San Vicente | Gold, Silver | ||||
Santa Bárbara | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Santa Rosa de Osos | Juan Sánchez, San Antonio, San Miguel, , Trinidad | Gold, Silver, Coal, 'Limonite', Pyrite, Quartz | |||
Santa Fe de Antioquia | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Santo Domingo | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Segovia | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Sonsón | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Sopetrán | Gold | ||||
Támesis | Gold, Silver | ||||
Tarazá | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Titiribí | Cateador vein, Las Vetas, Otramina, Rose vein, Zancundo establishment; Chorros vein, El Zancudo, Rosario | Gold (var: Electrum), Silver, Platinum, Coal, 'Andorite', Aragonite, Arsenopyrite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, , Dolomite, Freibergite, Galena, Jamesonite, Miargyrite, Muscovite, , Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite (var: Argentian Tetrahedrite) | |||
Toledo | Gold, Silver | ||||
Turbo | Gold, Silver | ||||
Uramita | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Urrao | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Valdivia | Gold, Silver | ||||
Valparaíso | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Vegachí | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Venecia | Gold, Coal | ||||
Yalí | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Yarumal | Gold, Silver | ||||
Yolombó | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Yondó | Gold, Silver | ||||
Zaragoza | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Arauca | Arauca | Gold | |||
Atlántico | Barranquilla | Gold, Silver | |||
Bogotá Capital District | Bogotá | Alunogen | |||
Bolívar | Altos del Rosario | Gold, Silver | |||
Arenal del Sur | Gold, Silver | ||||
Barranco de Loba | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Cartagena | Gold, Silver | ||||
El Peñón | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Hatillo de Loba | Gold, Silver | ||||
Magangué | Gold, Silver | ||||
Margarita | Gold, Silver | ||||
Mompós | Gold, Silver | ||||
Montecristo | Gold, Silver | ||||
Morales | Gold, Silver | ||||
Norosí | Gold, Silver | ||||
Río Viejo | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
San Fernando | Gold, Silver | ||||
San Jacinto del Cauca | Gold, Silver | ||||
San Martín de Loba | Gold, Silver | ||||
San Pablo | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Santa Catalina | Salt | ||||
Santa Rosa | Gold, Silver | ||||
Santa Rosa del Sur | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Simití | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Tiquisio | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Boyacá | Aquitania | Coal | |||
Betéitiva | Coal | ||||
Boavita | Coal | ||||
Boyacá | Coal | ||||
Buenavista | Coal | ||||
Chita | Coal | ||||
Chivatá | Coal | ||||
Chivor | , Gualí, Palo Aranado | Beryl (var: Emerald), Albite, Allophane, Ankerite, 'Apatite', Calcite, Dolomite, Euclase, Fluorite, Goethite, 'Halloysite', Hematite, Kaolinite, 'Limonite', Muscovite (var: Sericite), Opal (var: Opal-AN), 'Parisite', Pyrite, Quartz | |||
Cómbita | Coal | ||||
Corrales | Coal | ||||
Cucaita | Coal | ||||
Duitama | Coal | ||||
El Espino | Natagaymas, Guaduas Fm. | Coal | |||
Floresta | Coal | ||||
Gámeza | Coal | ||||
Guacamayas | Coal | ||||
Iza | Coal | ||||
Jenesano | Coal | ||||
Jericó | Coal | ||||
La Uvita | Coal | ||||
Macanal | Agua Blanca Mine | Beryl (var: Emerald), Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz | |||
Maripí | , La Pita, Polveros | Beryl (var: Emerald), Calcite, Pyrite | |||
Mongua | Coal | ||||
Monguí | Guaduas Fm. | Coal | |||
Motavita | Coal | ||||
Muzo | Cincho Mine, La Polvorosa Mine, , Las Pavas, Quipama mines, | Beryl (var: Emerald, var:Trapiche emerald), Albite, Allophane, Ankerite, 'Apatite', Baryte, Beryl, Boracite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Halite, Marcasite, Muscovite (var: Fuchsite), 'Parisite', Parisite-(Ce) (TL), Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Sulphur | |||
Nobsa | Coal | ||||
Nuevo Colón | Coal | ||||
Otanche | La Glorieta, Yacopí Mine | Beryl (var: Emerald), Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz | |||
Paipa | Coal | ||||
Panqueba | Coal | ||||
Pauna | La Marina Mine | Emerald, Albite, Euclase, Fluorapatite | |||
Paz de Río | Coal | ||||
Pesca | Coal | ||||
Puerto Boyacá | Gold | ||||
Ráquira | La Peña mine, Piedro mine, Bocatoma mine (Guaduas Fm.) | Coal | |||
Saboyá | Coal | ||||
Samacá | Coal | ||||
San Mateo | Coal | ||||
San Pablo de Borbur | , | Beryl (var: Emerald), Baryte, Calcite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz | |||
Santa María | Coal | ||||
Santa Rosa de Viterbo | '' | ||||
Sativanorte | Coal | ||||
Sativasur | Coal | ||||
Socha | Coal | ||||
Socotá | Coal | ||||
Sogamoso | Gold, Coal | ||||
Somondoco | Emerald | ||||
Susacón | Coal | ||||
Tasco | Coal | ||||
Tibaná | Coal | ||||
Tibasosa | Coal | ||||
Tópaga | Coal | ||||
Tota | Coal | ||||
Tunja | Coal | ||||
Turmequé | Coal | ||||
Tuta | Coal | ||||
Úmbita | Coal | ||||
Ventaquemada | Coal | ||||
Caldas | Loazia Hill | Chaburquia, Echandia District, La Plata vein, Loaizita Lode, San Antonio vein | Gold, Silver, Acanthite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite | ||
Aguadas | Gold, Silver | ||||
Anserma | Gold, Silver | ||||
Chinchiná | Gold, Silver | ||||
Filadelfia | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
La Dorada | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
La Merced | Gold, Silver | ||||
Manizales | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite | ||||
Manzanares | Gold, Silver | ||||
Marmato | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Neira | Gold, Silver | ||||
Norcasia | Gold, Silver | ||||
Pácora | Bureo | Gold, Calcite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite | |||
Palestina | Gold, Silver | ||||
Pensilvania | Gold, Silver | ||||
Riosucio | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Risaralda | Gold | ||||
Salamina | Marmato Mining District | Gold (var: Electrum), Acanthite, Albite (var: Andesine (FRL)), Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Epidote, Galena, Hematite (var: Martite), Kaolinite, Marcasite, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite | |||
Samaná | Gold, Silver | ||||
Supía | Contento, Diamante, La Pava, Morisco, Pinares, Tolda Fría, Volcanes | Gold, Silver, Coal, Calcite, , Freibergite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite | |||
Victoria | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Villamaría | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Caquetá | Albania | Gold, Coal | |||
Florencia | Gold | ||||
Puerto Rico | Gold | ||||
San José del Fragua | Gold | ||||
Solano | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Casanare | Recetor | Coal | |||
Cauca | Argelia | Gold, Coal | |||
Bolívar | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Buenos Aires | Asnazu | Gold, Platinum | |||
Caldono | Gold, Coal | ||||
Caloto | Gold | ||||
El Tambo | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Guachené | Gold | ||||
Guapi | Río Pilpe | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Chromite, Erlichmanite, Iridium, Laurite, Magnetite, Osmium, Rutheniridosmine, Ruthenium | |||
Inzá | Gold | ||||
La Sierra | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
La Vega | Gold, Silver | ||||
López de Micay | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Mercaderes | Rio Mayo | Corundum (var: Ruby, var: Sapphire), Almandine, Anthophyllite, Augite, Fluorapatite, Grossular, Hematite, 'Hornblende', Ilmenite, Kornerupine, Magnetite, 'Olivine', Pyrope, Rutile, Titanite, Zircon | |||
Morales | Coal | ||||
Patía | Piedrasentada Cu deposit | Gold, Silver, Coal, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Epidote, Pyrite | |||
Popayán | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Puerto Tejada | Gold, Silver | ||||
Santa Rosa | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Santander de Quilichao | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Suárez | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Timbiquí | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Toribío | Gold | ||||
Cesar | Agustín Codazzi | Coal | |||
Becerril | Coal | ||||
Chiriguaná | Coal | ||||
El Paso | La Francia | Coal | |||
La Jagua de Ibirico | Coal | ||||
Valledupar | Gold | ||||
Chocó | Acandí | Acandí Cu deposit | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Albite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Epidote, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Pyrite | ||
Alto Baudó | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Atrato | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Bagadó | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Bahía Solano | Gold | ||||
Bajo Baudó | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Bojayá | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Cértegui | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Condoto | Alto Condoto intrusion | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, , 'Albite-Anorthite Series', Bowieite, Chromite, 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup', Cooperite, , Erlichmanite, 'Hornblende', Laurite, Magnetite, 'Olivine', Pargasite, Phlogopite, | |||
El Cantón de San Pablo | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
El Carmen de Atrato | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Coal | ||||
Litoral del San Juan | Gold | ||||
Istmina | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Lloró | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Medio Atrato | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Medio Baudó | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Medio San Juan | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Nóvita | , , | Gold, Silver, Platinum (TL), Coal, , , Tin | |||
Quibdó | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Río Iró | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Río Quito | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Riosucio | Atrato River | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Iridium () | |||
San José del Palmar | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Sipí | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Tadó | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Unguía | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Unión Panamericana | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Córdoba | Ayapel | Gold, Silver, Platinum | |||
Buenavista | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
La Apartada | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Montelíbano | Cerro Matoso S. A. Laterite deposit (Cerro Matoso mine) | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Chamosite, 'Chlorite Group', Forsterite, 'Garnierite', Gibbsite, Goethite, Kaolinite, 'Limonite', Maghemite, Magnetite, 'Pimelite', Quartz (var: Chalcedony), Sepiolite, 'Serpentine Subgroup', Siderite, 'Smectite Group', Talc | |||
Montería | Gold, Silver | ||||
Planeta Rica | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Nickel, Coal | ||||
Pueblo Nuevo | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Puerto Libertador | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Sahagún | Gold, Silver | ||||
San Antero | Gold, Silver | ||||
San Carlos | Gold, Silver | ||||
San José de Uré | Gold, Silver, Nickel | ||||
Cundinamarca | Caparrapí | Coal | |||
Choachí | Gold | ||||
Cogua | Coal | ||||
Cucunubá | Coal | ||||
Gachalá | Matacana Mine | Beryl (var: Emerald), Euclase | |||
Girardot | Gold | ||||
Guachetá | La Mana, Laberinto | Coal | |||
Guatavita | Coal | ||||
Jerusalén | Coal | ||||
Lenguazaque | Coal | ||||
Machetá | Coal | ||||
Nemocón | Salt, Coal | ||||
Nilo | Coal | ||||
Pacho | Gold, Coal | ||||
Quipile | Coal | ||||
San Cayetano | Coal | ||||
Sesquilé | Salt | ||||
Subachoque | Coal | ||||
Suesca | Coal | ||||
Supatá | Quartz occurrence | Quartz | |||
Sutatausa | Coal | ||||
Tabio | Coal | ||||
Tausa | Coal | ||||
Tocaima | Coal | ||||
Venecia | Coal | ||||
Ubaté | Coal | ||||
Villapinzón | Coal | ||||
Ubalá | Buenavista Mines | Beryl (var: Emerald) | |||
Zipaquirá | Zipaquirá salt mine | Salt, Pyrite | |||
Guainía | Inírida | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Coltan, Uranium | |||
Guaviare | San José del Guaviare | Gold, Platinum, Iron, Albite, 'Albite-Anorthite Series', Andradite (var: Melanite), 'Apatite', Arfvedsonite, 'Biotite', Calcite, Cancrinite, Epidote, Fluorite, 'Garnet', Microcline, 'Monazite', Nepheline, Siderite, Titanite, Zircon | |||
Huila | Agrado | Gold, Silver | |||
Aipe | Organos | Gold, Silver, Coal, Galena, 'Limonite', Pyrite, 'Wad' | |||
Gigante | Gold | ||||
Iquira | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Neiva | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Palermo | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Pitalito | Gold, Silver | ||||
Tarqui | Gold | ||||
Tesalia | Gold, Silver | ||||
Yaguará | Gold | ||||
La Guajira | Albania | Coal | |||
Barrancas | El Cerrejón Mine, Cerrejón Centro Mines, Cerrejón Sur Mines, Cerrejón Zona Norte Mines, Oreganal | Coal | |||
Hatonuevo | Coal | ||||
Manaure | Salt | ||||
Riohacha | Gold | ||||
Uribia | Parash | Actinolite, Albite, Almandine, 'Biotite', Calcite, 'Chlorite Group', Clinozoisite, Epidote, Fluorapatite, Glaucophane, Hematite, 'Hornblende', Jadeite, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Omphacite, Paragonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, 'Scapolite', Titanite | |||
Magdalena | Aracataca | Gold | |||
Ciénaga | Gold, Silver | ||||
El Banco | Gold | ||||
Fundación | Gold | ||||
Santa Marta | Gold, Silver | ||||
Meta | Puerto Rico | Gold | |||
Restrepo | Upín salt mine | Salt | |||
Nariño | Barbacoas | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | |||
Buesaco | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Colón | Gold, Coal | ||||
Cumbal | Gold | ||||
Cumbitara | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
El Charco | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Ipiales | Gold, Coal | ||||
La Llanada | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Los Andes | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Magüí Payán | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Mallama | Gualcala, Porvenir | Gold, Silver, Acanthite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |||
Mosquera | Gold | ||||
Pasto | Gold, Silver | ||||
Policarpa | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Roberto Payán | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Samaniego | Concordia, Mandrono, Socorro | Gold, Silver, Coal, Arsenopyrite, Quartz | |||
San Bernardo | Tambo | Gold, Pyrite, Quartz | |||
San Pablo | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Santa Bárbara | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Santacruz | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Tumaco | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Norte de Santander | Arboledas | Coal | |||
Bochalema | Coal | ||||
Cácota | Coal | ||||
Chinácota | Coal | ||||
Chitagá | Coal | ||||
Cúcuta | Gold, Coal | ||||
Durania | Coal | ||||
El Zulia | Coal | ||||
Herrán | Coal | ||||
Labateca | Coal | ||||
Los Patios | Gold, Coal | ||||
Mutiscua | Coal | ||||
Pamplona | Alta Group, Baja Group, Pie de Gallo, Vetas Group | Gold, Silver, Coal, Acanthite, Aragonite, Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Freibergite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite | |||
Pamplonita | Coal, Phosphuranylite | ||||
Salazar de las Palmas | Coal | ||||
San Cayetano | Coal | ||||
Santiago | Coal | ||||
Sardinata | Coal | ||||
Tibú | Coal | ||||
Toledo | Coal | ||||
Villa del Rosario | Gold, Coal | ||||
Putumayo | Colón | Gold, Silver, Coal | |||
Mocoa | Mocoa Cu-Mo deposit | Gold, Silver, Coal, Actinolite, Anhydrite, 'Apatite', Baryte, 'Biotite', Bornite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, 'Garnet', Goethite, Gypsum, Hedenbergite, Hematite (var: Specularite), 'Hornblende', Jarosite, Kaolinite, 'Limonite', Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Phlogopite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wollastonite, 'Zeolite Group' | |||
Orito | Gold, Silver | ||||
Puerto Caicedo | Gold, Silver | ||||
Puerto Guzmán | Gold, Silver | ||||
Puerto Leguízamo | Gold, Silver | ||||
Sibundoy | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Valle del Guamuez | Gold, Silver | ||||
Villagarzón | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Quindío | Cinnabar, 'Tektite' | ||||
Armenia | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Buenavista | Gold, Silver | ||||
Génova | Gold | ||||
La Tebaida | Gold, Silver | ||||
Pijao | Gold | ||||
Quimbaya | Gold, Silver | ||||
Salento | Gold, Silver | ||||
Risaralda | Apía | Gold, Silver | |||
Belén de Umbría | Gold, Silver, Platinum | ||||
Guática | Gold, Silver | ||||
Marsella | Gold, Silver | ||||
Mistrató | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Pereira | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Pueblo Rico | Gold, Silver | ||||
Quinchía | Quinchía mine, Surbia | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Coal, Molybdenum, Zinc | |||
Santa Rosa de Cabal | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
San Andrés y Providencia | |||||
Santander | Albania | Gold, Coal | |||
Barbosa | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Barrancabermeja | Gold | ||||
Bucaramanga | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
California | California Cu-Au deposit | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Alunite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Kaolinite, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Pyrite, Pyrophyllite | |||
Capitanejo | Gold, Coal | ||||
El Carmen de Chucurí | Gold, Coal | ||||
Enciso | Gold, Coal | ||||
Guavatá | Gold, Coal | ||||
Landázuri | Gold, Coal | ||||
Lebrija | Silver | ||||
Rionegro | Silver | ||||
San Gil | Gold | ||||
San José de Miranda | Gold, Coal | ||||
San Miguel | Gold, Coal | ||||
Suaita | San Cristobal pegmatite | , , Quartz, | |||
Vetas | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Sucre | Sampués | Gold, Silver, Platinum | |||
San Marcos | Gold, Coal | ||||
Sincelejo | Gold, Coal | ||||
Sonrisa mine | Arsenopyrite, Quartz | ||||
Tolima | China River District | Boyala lode, San Sebastian lode, Santander lode | Galena, 'Limonite', Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite | ||
Santana District | Silver, Acanthite, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Galena, Graphite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Sphalerite | ||||
Soledad District | Gold, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite | ||||
Alpujarra | Dolores prospect | Albite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Epidote, Magnetite, Pyrite | |||
Armero | Gold | ||||
Ataco | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Cajamarca | La Colosa mine, Bolívar mine, Natagamia, Redreo | Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Cinnabar, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite | |||
Casabianca | Gold, Silver | ||||
Chaparral | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Coello | Gold, Silver | ||||
Coyaima | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Falan | Gold, Silver | ||||
Fresno | Gold, Silver | ||||
Ibagué | Floresta, Gallo, Payandé, San Cayetano, Triumfo | Gold, Silver, Coal, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |||
Lérida | Gold, Silver | ||||
Líbano | Esperanza vein, La Plata del Líbano | Gold, Silver, Coal, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite | |||
Mariquita | Bocaneme, Plata-Vieja | Gold, Silver | |||
Ortega | Gold, Silver | ||||
Palocabildo | Gold, Silver | ||||
Roncesvalles | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
San Luis | Gold | ||||
Santa Isabel | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Valle de San Juan | Gold, Silver | ||||
Venadillo | Palmillo, Calamonte, Frías, Tulcán | Gold, Silver, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz | |||
Valle del Cauca | Argelia | Gold | |||
Bolívar | Gold, Platinum | ||||
Buenaventura | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Buga | Gold, Coal | ||||
Cali | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Coal, 'Albite-Anorthite Series', Chromite, 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup', 'Glass', Iron (var: Kamacite), 'Olivine', 'Pyroxene Group', Taenite, Troilite | ||||
Calima | Gold | ||||
Candelaria | Gold | ||||
Cartago | Gold, Silver | ||||
Dagua | Gold | ||||
El Cerrito | Palmichala | Gold | |||
El Dovio | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Ginebra | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Guacarí | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Jamundí | Gold, Coal | ||||
La Unión | Gold | ||||
Malpelo Island | , Phosphosiderite, Variscite (var: Ferrian Variscite) | ||||
Palmira | Gold, Platinum, Coal | ||||
Restrepo | Gold | ||||
Sevilla | Gold | ||||
Tuluá | Gold, Silver | ||||
Yumbo | Gold, Coal | ||||
Vaupés | Mitú | Gold, Coltan, Coal | |||
Taraira | Gold, Silver, Coal | ||||
Vichada | Coltan | ||||
Cumaribo | Gold | ||||
La Primavera | Gold | ||||
Puerto Carreño | Gold |
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
- Mineral industry of Colombia
- Colombian emeralds
- List of mines in South Africa
References[]
- ^ List of mining areas, Colombia at Mindat.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr ks kt ku kv kw kx ky kz la lb lc ld le lf lg lh li lj lk ll lm ln lo lp lq lr ls lt lu lv lw lx ly lz ma mb mc md me mf mg mh mi mj mk (in Spanish) Producción de oro –
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd je jf (in Spanish) Producción de plata –
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn jo (in Spanish) Producción de carbón –
- ^ "The Top 10 Coal Producers Worldwide". World Atlas. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl (in Spanish) Producción de platino –
- ^ Singewald, 1949, p.54
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Anla da luz verde a la mina de oro más grande en Colombia – El Espectador
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Comienza el montaje de la mina de oro más grande de Colombia –
- ^ (in Spanish) Mapa de Territorios Indígenas y Minerales Preciosos
- ^ (in Spanish) La guerra por el coltán – Semana
- ^ Amagá at Mindat.org
- ^ Amalfi at Mindat.org
- ^ Anorí at Mindat.org
- ^ Anzá at Mindat.org
- ^ a b Wacaster, 2013, 8.3
- ^ Caramanta at Mindat.org
- ^ Frontino at Mindat.org
- ^ a b c d e Forero Castañeda et al., 2009, p.17
- ^ Murindó at Mindat.org
- ^ Remedios at Mindat.org
- ^ Río Chico Placer District at Mindat.org
- ^ (in Spanish) Producción de oro aumentará en un millón de onzas en cinco años –
- ^ Santa Rosa de Osos at Mindat.org
- ^ Titiribí at Mindat.org
- ^ Chiwachi, Bogotá at Mindat.org
- ^ a b c d e f (in Spanish) Producción de sal –
- ^ Guamocó at Mindat.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j (in Spanish) Yacimientos de esmeraldas
- ^ Chivor at Mindat.org
- ^ Velandia et al., 2016, p.23
- ^ Macanal at Mindat.org
- ^ Maripí at Mindat.org
- ^ Muzo at Mindat.org
- ^ Otanche at Mindat.org
- ^ Pauna at Mindat.org
- ^ a b Cely Sierra, 2016, p.54
- ^ San Pablo de Borbur at Mindat.org
- ^ Santa Rosa de Viterbo at Mindat.org
- ^ Loazia Hill at Mindat.org
- ^ Manizales at Mindat.org
- ^ Pácora at Mindat.org
- ^ Salamina at Mindat.org
- ^ Supía at Mindat.org
- ^ Buenos Aires, Cauca at Mindat.org
- ^ Guapi at Mindat.org
- ^ Mercaderes at Mindat.org
- ^ Patía at Mindat.org
- ^ (in Spanish) La Francia, mina de carbón que lleva 7 meses paralizada –
- ^ Acandí at Mindat.org
- ^ Condoto at Mindat.org
- ^ (in Spanish) Ático Mining cierra la compra de la minera El Roble –
- ^ Nóvita at Mindat.org
- ^ Riosucio, Chocó at Mindat.org
- ^ Montelíbano at Mindat.org
- ^ Gachalá at Mindat.org
- ^ Nemocón at Mindat.org
- ^ Supatá at Mindat.org
- ^ Ubalá at Mindat.org
- ^ Zipaquirá at Mindat.org
- ^ a b c Valdés & Bustamante, 2010, p.24
- ^ a b c d (in Spanish) Mapa de Áreas Estratégicas Mineras –
- ^ San José del Guaviare at Mindat.org
- ^ Aipe at Mindat.org
- ^ Barrancas at Mindat.org
- ^ Uribia at Mindat.org
- ^ Upin at Mindat.org
- ^ Mallama at Mindat.org
- ^ Samaniego at Mindat.org
- ^ San Bernardo, Nariño at Mindat.org
- ^ Pamplona at Mindat.org
- ^ Pamplonita at Mindat.org
- ^ Mocoa at Mindat.org
- ^ Quindío at Mindat.org
- ^ ANM, 2015, p.6
- ^ Enciso Moreno, 2011, p.20
- ^ California, Santander at Mindat.org
- ^ Suaita at Mindat.org
- ^ Sonrisa mine at Mindat.org
- ^ China River District at Mindat.org
- ^ Santana District at Mindat.org
- ^ Soledad District at Mindat.org
- ^ Alpujarra at Mindat.org
- ^ Arango Mendoza, 2014, p.6
- ^ Cajamarca at Mindat.org
- ^ Ibagué at Mindat.org
- ^ Líbano at Mindat.org
- ^ Mariquita, Tolima at Mindat.org
- ^ Venadillo at Mindat.org
- ^ Cali at Mindat.org
- ^ El Cerrito at Mindat.org
- ^ Malpelo at Mindat.org
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