| Chibcha Terrane | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Meso-Neoproterozoic ~ | |
 Chibcha Terrane is enclosed by the Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault (orange), northernmost Oca Fault (white), Eastern Frontal Fault System (yellow) and Romeral Fault System (violet) | |
| Type | Terrane |
| Unit of | North Andes Plate |
| Sub-units | Subunits |
| Underlies | Tahamí & La Guajira Terranes |
| Overlies | Río Negro-Juruena Province |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Complexes, basins |
| Other | Volcanoes |
| Location | |
| Location | Antioquia, Arauca, Bogotá, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caquetá, Casanare, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Putumayo, Norte de Santander, Santander, Tolima departments |
| Coordinates | 4°43′22.4″N 74°04′23.7″W / 4.722889°N 74.073250°W |
| Region | Andean |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Extent | Central, Eastern, Perijá, SNSM, San Lucas, La Macarena |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Chibcha |
  Chibcha Terrane (Colombia)  Chibcha Terrane (Bogotá) | |
The Chibcha Terrane (Spanish: Terreno Chibcha, TCH), named after Chibcha, is the largest of the geological provinces (terranes) of Colombia. The terrane, the oldest explored domains of which date to the Meso- to Neoproterozoic, is situated on the North Andes Plate. The megaregional Romeral Fault System forms the contact of the terrane with the Tahamí Terrane.[1] The contact with the Caribbean and La Guajira Terranes is formed by the regional Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault.[2] The northeastern boundary is formed by the regional Oca Fault, bounding the La Guajira Terrane.[3] The terrane is emplaced over the Río Negro-Juruena Province of the Amazonian Craton along the megaregional Eastern Frontal Fault System.[4][5]
Geological Terranes Map of Colombia. Terrane abbreviation is in parentheses in the legend, followed by a hyphen and age notation. K1: Early Cretaceous, T: Triassic, P: Permian, D: Devonian, C1: Mississippian, MP: Mesoproterozoic, NP: Neoproterozoic, and PP: Paleoproterozoic.