List of mining areas in Colombia

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Major mining areas in Colombia
Gold
     La Colosa, Quinchía
Silver
     Marmato
Nickel
     Cerro Matoso
Platinum
     Nóvita (TL)
Emeralds
     Muzo, Chivor
Coal
     Cerrejón, La Francia
Salt
     Nemocón, Zipaquirá

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]}

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Mining areas in Colombia

Gold	Silver	Platinum	Emeralds	Coal	Salt
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

Legend

bold	Mineral type or first reported locality
italic	Prospect or potential mineral

Department	Municipality	Mining areas	Minerals	Image	Notes
Amazonas	La Pedrera		Gold		[2]
	Leticia		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Puerto Arica		Gold		[2]
	Puerto Santander		Silver		[3]
	Tarapacá		Coal		[4]
Antioquia	Abejorral		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Abriaquí		Coal		[4]
	Alejandría		Coal		[4]
	Amagá	Amagá mine	Platinum, Coal, Siderite, formerly gold		[2] [4] [6] [12]
	Amalfi	Chuchero, Clara, Clavellina, Lola, Vetilla	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Arsenopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz		[2] [3] [4] [6] [13]
	Andes		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Angelópolis		Coal		[4]
	Angostura		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Anorí	Constancia	Gold, Silver, Coal, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz		[2] [3] [4] [14]
	Anzá	Quiuná	Gold, Silver, Coal, Calcite, Quartz		[2] [3] [4] [15]
	Apartadó		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Argelia		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	El Bagre	La Ye	Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6] [16]
	Barbosa		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Bello		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Belmira		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Betania		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Briceño		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Buriticá	Buriticá	Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [8] [9]
	Cáceres		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Caicedo		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Caldas		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Campamento		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Cañasgordas		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Caracolí		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Caramanta	Caramanta, Condé, San Cayetano, Zareimalito	Gold, Silver, Acanthite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Galena, Kermesite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite		[17]
	Carepa		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Carolina del Príncipe		Gold		[2]
	Caucasia		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Chigorodó		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Cisneros	Cisneros	Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Ciudad Bolívar		Gold		[2]
	Concepción		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Concordia		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Copacabana		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Dabeiba		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Don Matías		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Ebéjico		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Entrerríos		Gold		[2]
	Envigado		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	Fredonia		Coal		[4]
	Frontino	Frontino mine, Pegadorcito-Pantanos Cu deposit	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Coal, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz		[2] [3] [4] [6] [18]
	Giraldo		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Girardota		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Gómez Plata		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Guadalupe		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Guarne		Gold		[2]
	Guatapé		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Heliconia		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Hispania		Gold		[2]
	Itagüí		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Ituango		Gold, Silver, Nickel		[2] [3] [19]
	Jardín		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Jericó	Quebradona	Gold		[2]
	La Ceja		Gold		[2]
	La Estrella		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	La Pintada		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Liborina		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Maceo		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Marinilla		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Medellín	Morro Pelón	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Nickel, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6] [19]
	Montebello		Gold		[2]
	Murindó	Murindó Cu-Au deposit	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Epidote, Magnetite, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Pyrite		[20]
	Mutatá		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Nariño		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Nechí		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Necoclí		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Olaya		Gold		[2]
El Peñol		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Puerto Berrío		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Puerto Nare		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
Puerto Triunfo		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Remedios	Cecelia vein, Cogotes, Córdoba, Cristales, Estancón, Italia, Providencia, Pujidos, San Nicolas, Santa Isabel, Segovia-Remedios, Silencio, Sucre, Victoria	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Calcite, Galena, Hematite, 'Hornblende', 'Limonite', Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite		[2] [3] [4] [6] [21]
Retiro		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Rionegro		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Río Chico	Río Chico Placer District	Gold, Almandine, Columbite-(Fe), Ferberite, Ilmenite, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Rutile, Zircon		[22]
Sabanalarga		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Salgar		Gold		[2]
San Andrés de Cuerquia		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
San Carlos		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
San Francisco		Gold		[2]
San Jerónimo		Silver		[3]
San José de la Montaña		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
San Luis		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
San Pedro de los Milagros		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
San Rafael		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
San Roque	Gramalote	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6] [23]
San Vicente		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Santa Bárbara		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
Santa Rosa de Osos	Juan Sánchez, San Antonio, San Miguel, San Ramón, Trinidad	Gold, Silver, Coal, 'Limonite', Pyrite, Quartz		[2] [3] [4] [24]
Santa Fe de Antioquia		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Santo Domingo		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Segovia	Segovia-Remedios	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Sonsón		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Sopetrán		Gold		[2]
Támesis		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Tarazá		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
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, Diaphorite, Dolomite, Freibergite, Galena, Jamesonite, Miargyrite, Muscovite, Owyheeite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite (var: Argentian Tetrahedrite)		[2] [3] [4] [6] [25]
Toledo		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Turbo		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Uramita		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Urrao		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Valdivia		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Valparaíso		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Vegachí		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Venecia	La Mina	Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
Yalí		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Yarumal		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Yolombó		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Yondó		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Zaragoza	El Limón	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Arauca	Arauca		Gold		[2]
Atlántico	Barranquilla		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Bogotá Capital District	Bogotá	Chiwachi	Alunogen		[26]
Bolívar	Altos del Rosario		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Arenal del Sur		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Barranco de Loba		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Cartagena		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	El Peñón		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Hatillo de Loba		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Magangué		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Margarita		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Mompós		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Montecristo		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Morales		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Norosí		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Río Viejo		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	San Fernando		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	San Jacinto del Cauca		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	San Martín de Loba		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	San Pablo		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Santa Catalina		Salt		[27]
	Santa Rosa		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Santa Rosa del Sur	Guamocó	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6] [28]
	Simití		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Tiquisio		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Boyacá	Aquitania		Coal		[4]
	Betéitiva		Coal		[4]
	Boavita		Coal		[4]
	Boyacá		Coal		[4]
	Buenavista		Coal		[4]
	Chita		Coal		[4]
	Chivatá		Coal		[4]
	Chivor	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		[29] [30]
	Cómbita		Coal		[4]
	Corrales		Coal		[4]
	Cucaita		Coal		[4]
	Duitama		Coal		[4]
	El Espino	Natagaymas, Guaduas Fm.	Coal		[4] [31]
	Floresta		Coal		[4]
	Gámeza		Coal		[4]
	Guacamayas		Coal		[4]
	Iza		Coal		[4]
	Jenesano		Coal		[4]
	Jericó		Coal		[4]
	La Uvita		Coal		[4]
	Macanal	Agua Blanca Mine	Beryl (var: Emerald), Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz		[29] [32]
	Maripí	Cunas mine, La Pita, Polveros	Beryl (var: Emerald), Calcite, Pyrite		[29] [33]
	Mongua		Coal		[4]
	Monguí	Guaduas Fm.	Coal		[4]
	Motavita		Coal		[4]
	Muzo	Cincho Mine, La Polvorosa Mine, Muzo, Las Pavas, Quipama mines, Tequendama mine	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		[29] [34]
	Nobsa		Coal		[4]
	Nuevo Colón		Coal		[4]
	Otanche	La Glorieta, Yacopí Mine	Beryl (var: Emerald), Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz		[29] [35]
	Paipa		Coal		[4]
	Panqueba		Coal		[4]
	Pauna	La Marina Mine	Emerald, Albite, Euclase, Fluorapatite		[29] [36]
	Paz de Río		Coal		[4]
	Pesca		Coal		[4]
	Puerto Boyacá		Gold		[2]
	Ráquira	La Peña mine, Piedro mine, Bocatoma mine (Guaduas Fm.)	Coal		[4] [37]
	Saboyá		Coal		[4]
	Samacá		Coal		[4]
	San Mateo		Coal		[4]
	San Pablo de Borbur	Coscuez, Peñas Blancas	Beryl (var: Emerald), Baryte, Calcite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz		[29] [38]
	Santa María		Coal		[4]
	Santa Rosa de Viterbo		'Viterbite'		[39]
	Sativanorte		Coal		[4]
	Sativasur		Coal		[4]
	Socha		Coal		[4]
	Socotá		Coal		[4]
	Sogamoso		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Somondoco		Emerald		[29]
	Susacón		Coal		[4]
	Tasco		Coal		[4]
	Tibaná		Coal		[4]
	Tibasosa		Coal		[4]
	Tópaga		Coal		[4]
	Tota		Coal		[4]
	Tunja		Coal		[4]
	Turmequé		Coal		[4]
	Tuta		Coal		[4]
	Úmbita		Coal		[4]
	Ventaquemada		Coal		[4]
Caldas	Loazia Hill	Chaburquia, Echandia District, La Plata vein, Loaizita Lode, San Antonio vein	Gold, Silver, Acanthite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite		[40]
	Aguadas		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Anserma		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Chinchiná		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Filadelfia		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	La Dorada		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	La Merced		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Manizales		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite		[2] [3] [4] [6] [41]
	Manzanares		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Marmato	Marmato	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Neira		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Norcasia		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Pácora	Bureo	Gold, Calcite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite		[2] [42]
	Palestina		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Pensilvania		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Riosucio		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	Risaralda		Gold		[2]
	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		[43]
	Samaná		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Supía	Contento, Diamante, La Pava, Morisco, Pinares, Tolda Fría, Volcanes	Gold, Silver, Coal, Calcite, Diaphorite, Freibergite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite		[2] [3] [4] [44]
	Victoria		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Villamaría		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Caquetá	Albania		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Florencia		Gold		[2]
	Puerto Rico		Gold		[2]
	San José del Fragua		Gold		[2]
	Solano		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Casanare	Recetor		Coal		[4]
Cauca	Argelia		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Bolívar		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Buenos Aires	Asnazu	Gold, Platinum		[2] [6] [45]
	Caldono		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Caloto		Gold		[2]
	El Tambo		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Guachené		Gold		[2]
	Guapi	Río Pilpe	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Chromite, Erlichmanite, Iridium, Laurite, Magnetite, Osmium, Rutheniridosmine, Ruthenium		[2] [3] [4] [6] [46]
	Inzá		Gold		[2]
	La Sierra		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	La Vega		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	López de Micay		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Mercaderes	Rio Mayo	Corundum (var: Ruby, var: Sapphire), Almandine, Anthophyllite, Augite, Fluorapatite, Grossular, Hematite, 'Hornblende', Ilmenite, Kornerupine, Magnetite, 'Olivine', Pyrope, Rutile, Titanite, Zircon		[47]
	Morales		Coal		[4]
	Patía	Piedrasentada Cu deposit	Gold, Silver, Coal, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Epidote, Pyrite		[2] [3] [4] [48]
	Popayán		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Puerto Tejada		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Santa Rosa		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Santander de Quilichao		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Suárez		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Timbiquí		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Toribío		Gold		[2]
Cesar	Agustín Codazzi		Coal		[4]
	Becerril		Coal		[4]
	Chiriguaná		Coal		[4]
	El Paso	La Francia	Coal		[4] [49]
	La Jagua de Ibirico		Coal		[4]
	Valledupar		Gold		[2]
Chocó	Acandí	Acandí Cu deposit	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Albite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Epidote, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Pyrite		[2] [3] [4] [6] [50]
	Alto Baudó		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	Atrato		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Bagadó		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Bahía Solano		Gold		[2]
	Bajo Baudó		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Bojayá		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	Cértegui		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Condoto	Alto Condoto intrusion	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Isoferroplatinum, 'Albite-Anorthite Series', Bowieite, Chromite, 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup', Cooperite, Cuprorhodsite, Erlichmanite, 'Hornblende', Laurite, Magnetite, 'Olivine', Pargasite, Phlogopite, Tulameenite		[2] [3] [4] [6] [51]
	El Cantón de San Pablo		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	El Carmen de Atrato	El Roble	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6] [16] [52]
	Litoral del San Juan		Gold		[2]
	Istmina		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Lloró		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Medio Atrato		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	Medio Baudó		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Medio San Juan		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Nóvita	San Juan Basin, Pinto River, Tamaña River	Gold, Silver, Platinum (TL), Coal, Sorosite, Stistaite, Tin		[2] [3] [4] [6] [53]
	Quibdó		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Río Iró		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Río Quito		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Riosucio	Atrato River	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Iridium (var: Ruthenosmiridium)		[2] [3] [6] [54]
	San José del Palmar		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Sipí		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Tadó		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Unguía		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Unión Panamericana		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Córdoba	Ayapel		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	Buenavista		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	La Apartada		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	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		[2] [3] [4] [6] [19] [55]
	Montería		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Planeta Rica		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Nickel, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6] [19]
	Pueblo Nuevo		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Puerto Libertador		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Sahagún		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	San Antero		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	San Carlos		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	San José de Uré		Gold, Silver, Nickel		[2] [3] [19]
Cundinamarca	Caparrapí		Coal		[4]
	Choachí		Gold		[2]
	Cogua		Coal		[4]
	Cucunubá		Coal		[4]
	Gachalá	Matacana Mine	Beryl (var: Emerald), Euclase		[29] [56]
	Girardot		Gold		[2]
	Guachetá	La Mana, Laberinto	Coal		[4] [37]
	Guatavita		Coal		[4]
	Jerusalén		Coal		[4]
	Lenguazaque		Coal		[4]
	Machetá		Coal		[4]
	Nemocón	Nemocón salt mine	Salt, Coal		[4] [27] [57]
	Nilo		Coal		[4]
	Pacho		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Quipile		Coal		[4]
	San Cayetano		Coal		[4]
	Sesquilé		Salt		[27]
	Subachoque		Coal		[4]
	Suesca		Coal		[4]
	Supatá	Quartz occurrence	Quartz		[58]
	Sutatausa		Coal		[4]
	Tabio		Coal		[4]
	Tausa		Coal		[4]
	Tocaima		Coal		[4]
	Venecia		Coal		[4]
	Ubaté		Coal		[4]
	Villapinzón		Coal		[4]
	Ubalá	Buenavista Mines	Beryl (var: Emerald)		[29] [59]
	Zipaquirá	Zipaquirá salt mine	Salt, Pyrite		[27] [60]
Guainía	Inírida		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Coltan , Uranium		[2] [3] [4] [6] [61] [62]
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		[2] [6] [61] [62] [63]
Huila	Agrado		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Aipe	Organos	Gold, Silver, Coal, Galena, 'Limonite', Pyrite, 'Wad'		[2] [3] [4] [64]
	Gigante		Gold		[2]
	Iquira		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Neiva		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Palermo		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Pitalito		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Tarqui		Gold		[2]
	Tesalia		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Yaguará		Gold		[2]
La Guajira	Albania		Coal		[4]
	Barrancas	El Cerrejón Mine, Cerrejón Centro Mines, Cerrejón Sur Mines, Cerrejón Zona Norte Mines, Oreganal	Coal		[4] [65]
	Hatonuevo		Coal		[4]
	Manaure		Salt		[27]
	Riohacha		Gold		[2]
	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		[66]
Magdalena	Aracataca		Gold		[2]
	Ciénaga		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	El Banco		Gold		[2]
	Fundación		Gold		[2]
	Santa Marta		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Meta	Puerto Rico		Gold		[2]
	Restrepo	Upín salt mine	Salt		[27] [67]
Nariño	Barbacoas		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Buesaco		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Colón		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Cumbal		Gold		[2]
	Cumbitara		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	El Charco		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	Ipiales		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	La Llanada		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Los Andes		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Magüí Payán		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Mallama	Gualcala, Porvenir	Gold, Silver, Acanthite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite		[2] [3] [68]
	Mosquera		Gold		[2]
	Pasto		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Policarpa		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Roberto Payán		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3]
	Samaniego	Concordia, Mandrono, Socorro	Gold, Silver, Coal, Arsenopyrite, Quartz		[2] [3] [4] [69]
	San Bernardo	Tambo	Gold, Pyrite, Quartz		[70]
	San Pablo		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Santa Bárbara		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Santacruz		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Tumaco		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
Norte de Santander	Arboledas		Coal		[4]
	Bochalema		Coal		[4]
	Cácota		Coal		[4]
	Chinácota		Coal		[4]
	Chitagá		Coal		[4]
	Cúcuta		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Durania		Coal		[4]
	El Zulia		Coal		[4]
	Herrán		Coal		[4]
	Labateca		Coal		[4]
	Los Patios		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Mutiscua		Coal		[4]
	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		[4] [71]
	Pamplonita		Coal, Phosphuranylite		[4] [72]
	Salazar de las Palmas		Coal		[4]
	San Cayetano		Coal		[4]
	Santiago		Coal		[4]
	Sardinata		Coal		[4]
	Tibú		Coal		[4]
	Toledo		Coal		[4]
	Villa del Rosario		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
Putumayo	Colón		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	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'		[2] [3] [4] [73]
	Orito		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Puerto Caicedo		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Puerto Guzmán		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Puerto Leguízamo		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Sibundoy		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Valle del Guamuez		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Villagarzón		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Quindío			Cinnabar, 'Tektite'		[74]
	Armenia		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	Buenavista		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Génova		Gold		[2] [3]
	La Tebaida		Gold, Silver		[2]
	Pijao		Gold		[2]
	Quimbaya		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Salento		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
Risaralda	Apía		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Belén de Umbría		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	Guática		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Marsella		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Mistrató		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Pereira		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Pueblo Rico		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Quinchía	Quinchía mine, Surbia	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Coal, Molybdenum, Zinc		[2] [3] [4] [6] [75] [76]
	Santa Rosa de Cabal		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
San Andrés y Providencia
Santander	Albania		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Barbosa		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Barrancabermeja		Gold		[2]
	Bucaramanga		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	California	California Cu-Au deposit	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal, Alunite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Kaolinite, Muscovite (var: Sericite), Pyrite, Pyrophyllite		[2] [3] [4] [6] [77]
	Capitanejo		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	El Carmen de Chucurí		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Enciso		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Guavatá		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Landázuri		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Lebrija		Silver		[3]
	Rionegro		Silver		[3]
	San Gil		Gold		[2]
	San José de Miranda		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	San Miguel		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Suaita	San Cristobal pegmatite	Dewindtite, Meta-autunite, Quartz, Uranophane-β		[78]
	Vetas		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Sucre	Sampués		Gold, Silver, Platinum		[2] [3] [6]
	San Marcos		Gold, Coal		[2]
	Sincelejo		Gold, Coal		[2]
		Sonrisa mine	Arsenopyrite, Quartz		[79]
Tolima	China River District	Boyala lode, San Sebastian lode, Santander lode	Galena, 'Limonite', Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite		[80]
	Santana District		Silver, Acanthite, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Galena, Graphite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Sphalerite		[81]
	Soledad District		Gold, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite		[82]
	Alpujarra	Dolores prospect	Albite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite Group', Epidote, Magnetite, Pyrite		[83]
	Armero		Gold		[2]
	Ataco		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Cajamarca	La Colosa mine, Bolívar mine, Natagamia, Redreo	Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Cinnabar, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite		[2] [3] [84] [85]
	Casabianca		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Chaparral		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Coello		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Coyaima		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Falan		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Fresno		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Ibagué	Floresta, Gallo, Payandé, San Cayetano, Triumfo	Gold, Silver, Coal, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite		[2] [3] [4] [86]
	Lérida		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Líbano	Esperanza vein, La Plata del Líbano	Gold, Silver, Coal, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite		[2] [3] [4] [87]
	Mariquita	Bocaneme, Plata-Vieja	Gold, Silver		[2] [3] [88]
	Ortega		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Palocabildo		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Roncesvalles		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	San Luis		Gold		[2]
	Santa Isabel		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Valle de San Juan		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Venadillo	Palmillo, Calamonte, Frías, Tulcán	Gold, Silver, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz		[2] [3] [89]
Valle del Cauca	Argelia		Gold		[2]
	Bolívar		Gold, Platinum		[2] [6]
	Buenaventura		Gold, Silver, Platinum, Coal		[2] [3] [4] [6]
	Buga		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	Cali	Cali meteorite	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Coal, 'Albite-Anorthite Series', Chromite, 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup', 'Glass', Iron (var: Kamacite), 'Olivine', 'Pyroxene Group', Taenite, Troilite		[2] [3] [4] [6] [90]
	Calima		Gold		[2]
	Candelaria		Gold		[2]
	Cartago		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Dagua		Gold		[2]
	El Cerrito	Palmichala	Gold		[2] [91]
	El Dovio		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Ginebra		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Guacarí		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
	Jamundí		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
	La Unión		Gold		[2]
	Malpelo Island		Metavariscite, Phosphosiderite, Variscite (var: Ferrian Variscite)		[92]
	Palmira		Gold, Platinum, Coal		[2] [4] [6]
	Restrepo		Gold		[2]
	Sevilla		Gold		[2]
	Tuluá		Gold, Silver		[2] [3]
	Yumbo		Gold, Coal		[2] [4]
Vaupés	Mitú		Gold, Coltan , Coal		[2] [4] [62]
	Taraira		Gold, Silver, Coal		[2] [3] [4]
Vichada			Coltan		[61] [62]
	Cumaribo		Gold		[2]
	La Primavera		Gold		[2]
	Puerto Carreño		Gold		[2]

See also

• Colombia portal
• Energy portal
• Geology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
• Mineral industry of Colombia
• Colombian emeralds
• List of mines in South Africa

References

1. List of mining areas, Colombia at Mindat.org
2. (in Spanish) Producción de oro – UPME
3. (in Spanish) Producción de plata – UPME
4. (in Spanish) Producción de carbón – UPME
5. "The Top 10 Coal Producers Worldwide". World Atlas. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
6. (in Spanish) Producción de platino – UPME
7. Singewald, 1949, p.54
8. (in Spanish) Anla da luz verde a la mina de oro más grande en Colombia – El Espectador
9. (in Spanish) Comienza el montaje de la mina de oro más grande de Colombia – Portafolio
10. (in Spanish) Mapa de Territorios Indígenas y Minerales Preciosos
11. (in Spanish) La guerra por el coltán – Semana
12. Amagá at Mindat.org
13. Amalfi at Mindat.org
14. Anorí at Mindat.org
15. Anzá at Mindat.org
16. Wacaster, 2013, 8.3
17. Caramanta at Mindat.org
18. Frontino at Mindat.org
19. Forero Castañeda et al., 2009, p.17
20. Murindó at Mindat.org
21. Remedios at Mindat.org
22. Río Chico Placer District at Mindat.org
23. (in Spanish) Producción de oro aumentará en un millón de onzas en cinco años – Portafolio
24. Santa Rosa de Osos at Mindat.org
25. Titiribí at Mindat.org
26. Chiwachi, Bogotá at Mindat.org
27. (in Spanish) Producción de sal – UPME
28. Guamocó at Mindat.org
29. (in Spanish) Yacimientos de esmeraldas
30. Chivor at Mindat.org
31. Velandia et al., 2016, p.23
32. Macanal at Mindat.org
33. Maripí at Mindat.org
34. Muzo at Mindat.org
35. Otanche at Mindat.org
36. Pauna at Mindat.org
37. Cely Sierra, 2016, p.54
38. San Pablo de Borbur at Mindat.org
39. Santa Rosa de Viterbo at Mindat.org
40. Loazia Hill at Mindat.org
41. Manizales at Mindat.org
42. Pácora at Mindat.org
43. Salamina at Mindat.org
44. Supía at Mindat.org
45. Buenos Aires, Cauca at Mindat.org
46. Guapi at Mindat.org
47. Mercaderes at Mindat.org
48. Patía at Mindat.org
49. (in Spanish) La Francia, mina de carbón que lleva 7 meses paralizada – Portafolio
50. Acandí at Mindat.org
51. Condoto at Mindat.org
52. (in Spanish) Ático Mining cierra la compra de la minera El Roble – Portafolio
53. Nóvita at Mindat.org
54. Riosucio, Chocó at Mindat.org
55. Montelíbano at Mindat.org
56. Gachalá at Mindat.org
57. Nemocón at Mindat.org
58. Supatá at Mindat.org
59. Ubalá at Mindat.org
60. Zipaquirá at Mindat.org
61. Valdés & Bustamante, 2010, p.24
62. (in Spanish) Mapa de Áreas Estratégicas Mineras – ANM
63. San José del Guaviare at Mindat.org
64. Aipe at Mindat.org
65. Barrancas at Mindat.org
66. Uribia at Mindat.org
67. Upin at Mindat.org
68. Mallama at Mindat.org
69. Samaniego at Mindat.org
70. San Bernardo, Nariño at Mindat.org
71. Pamplona at Mindat.org
72. Pamplonita at Mindat.org
73. Mocoa at Mindat.org
74. Quindío at Mindat.org
75. ANM, 2015, p.6
76. Enciso Moreno, 2011, p.20
77. California, Santander at Mindat.org
78. Suaita at Mindat.org
79. Sonrisa mine at Mindat.org
80. China River District at Mindat.org
81. Santana District at Mindat.org
82. Soledad District at Mindat.org
83. Alpujarra at Mindat.org
84. Arango Mendoza, 2014, p.6
85. Cajamarca at Mindat.org
86. Ibagué at Mindat.org
87. Líbano at Mindat.org
88. Mariquita, Tolima at Mindat.org
89. Venadillo at Mindat.org
90. Cali at Mindat.org
91. El Cerrito at Mindat.org
92. Malpelo at Mindat.org

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General

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Gold

• Arango Mendoza, Julián Andrés (2014), Proyecto de minería de oro La Colosa, Identificación ambiental de la zona de explotación y sus Impactos (PDF), Universidad La Javeriana, pp. 1–209, retrieved 2017-04-07
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Nickel

• Forero Castañeda, Jorge Fernando; Londoño De Los Ríos, Jorge Hernán; Manrique Galvis, Juan José; Rojas Cruz, Fredy Wilman (2009), El Níckel en Colombia (PDF), UPME, pp. 1–45, retrieved 2017-06-08

Emeralds

• Branquet, Yannick; Laumonier, Bernard; Cheilletz, Alain; Giuliani, Gaston (1999), "Emeralds in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia: Two tectonic settings for one mineralization" (PDF), Geology , 27 (7): 597–600, Bibcode:1999Geo....27..597B, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0597:EITECO>2.3.CO;2 , retrieved 2017-01-05
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Coal

• Cely Sierra, Edy Santiago (2016), Caracterización geológica y fisicoquímica de los carbones explotados por la empresa Intercarbon Mining S.A.S., UPTC, pp. 1–104
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Coltan

• Valdés Vera, Danny Alexandra; Bustamante Vargas, Natali (2010), Análisis descriptivo del coltán en Colombia y sus posibles mercados potenciales (PDF), Universidad del Rosario, pp. 1–35, retrieved 2017-04-07

External links

• (in Spanish) Producción minera – Simco