Mariana Deposit

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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057235
MRDS ID TC01726
Record type Site
Current site name Mariana Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.51231, 9.56278 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 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 QUEBRADA MARIANA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.51231, 9.56278

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, BOULDERS, FLOAT
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 70.1M
    Width 30.48M

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 FLOAT AND BOULDERS; OXIDE AVERAGES 45% MN

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.