Mine 1

Past Producer in San Blas*, Panama with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057182
MRDS ID TC01670
Record type Site
Current site name Mine 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.09702, 9.42139 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Blas*(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama San Blas*

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION OF RIO MANDINGA AREA; 1.2 MILE NE OF RIO NAVAGANA DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.09702, 9.42139

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE, TABULAR, LENSE
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Rio Mandinga Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 24.38M
    Overall length 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY MINED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F.S., 1957, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF PANAMA, IN MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA BY R.J. ROBERTS AND E.M. IRVING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 106-135

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS RANGES FROM 1.5 TO 3 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.