American Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057234
MRDS ID TC01725
Record type Site
Current site name American Prospect
Alternate or previous names One of the Cerro Viejo Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.52287, 9.54333 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 AIRLINE MILES SW OF NOMBRE DE DIOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colon(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama Colon

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO VIEJO 400 FT SE OF PAVOS MINING CAMP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 97
USGS model code 24c
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.52287, 9.54333

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, BOULDERS
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nombre De Dios Area

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 AVERAGE MN CONTENT OF BOULDERS 10-15%

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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