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Photo: W. Griem (2007): Pit frame de la mina Colmo in the north of the Atacama Region - near Altamira. (Kodak4610, large Photo)
Information Photo: Camera Kodak DX6490
Longitud focal: 19,4mm (=117/35mm)
| Time: 1:350
F: f/8 | Original dimensions: 2304 x 1728 | Date: 2007/08/11/14:09
hrs.
Photo: Colmo Mine near Altamira - Atacama Desert, Chile. (Photo W. Griem, 2007; Kodak4589, large Photo)
Information Photo: Camera Kodak DX6490
Longitud focal: 6,3mm (=38/35mm)
| Time: 1:350F: f/8 | Original Dimensions: 2304 x 1728 | date: 2007/08/11/13:56
hrs.
Mina Colmo
The Colmo mine, located at the northern end of the Atacama Region, still shows its pit frame in the year 2007. The Colmo or Teresa de Colmo mine was part of the Carrizalillo - Altamira district.
Information:
Name: (Teresa de) Colmo
E394.363 / N71.31.513: High: 1198m
Historical text:
Sundt: (1911)
The surface of the land is covered with earthy
caliche with pebbles of decomposed green porphyry and compact black
porphyry in parts. Wherever samples were taken, a conglomerate of green
clayey porphyry appears, partly blocked by caliche and sometimes by the
iron grit that stretches is "copper". Sometimes this iron oxide occurs
in the form of veins, and has resulted in rich and abundant
exploitation. as in this Colmo mine, assuring Torres, that the metals
give 20 to 30 marks of silver per drawer. In some cases, a defined vein
with its two metallic bodies is seen in both boxes, but the center
filled with porphyry conglomerate with calichose cement.
---
Sundt & San Roman (1911); p. 13
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Literature:
• Sundt, Lorenzo & San Ramón, Francisco (1911): Estudios Jeológicos
y Topograficos del Desierto i Puna de Atacama. Vol II (1911): Sociedad Nacional
de Minería Vol II. - 405 páginas; Santiago de Chile.
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