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Hyatt Mine No. 2

Occurrence in Colon, Panama with commodity Manganese
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  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 10057239
MRDS ID TC01730
Record type Site
Current site name Hyatt Mine No. 2
Alternate or previous names 2 Deposits, A Southern and Northern One

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.54648, 9.45 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 RIDGE BETWEEN RIO BOQUERON AND RIO ANDALOSA, SOUTH DEPOSIT NEAR HEADWATERS OF MANGANESE CREEK, NORTH DEPOSIT NEAR HEADWATERS OF COPPER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Malachite 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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.54648, 9.45
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 10M
    Length 7.62M
  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3M
    Length 4.57M
  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3M
  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS SEPARATED BY MINE HILL UNDERLAIN BY ANDESITIC VOLCANIC BRECCIA (EW STRIKE, 55S DIP). NEAR SOUTH DEPOSIT IS RHYOLITIC BRECCIA AND TO S AND E ARE SHALE AND LIMESTONE, RESPECTIVELY. MN OXIDE AND JASPER IN VOLCANIC BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Boqueron Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES MAY VARY FROM 40-50% MN FOR THE OXIDE ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF TRENCHES

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    SIMONS, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA (1) IS 7500 SQ FT, AREA (2) IS 1100 SQ FT. (1) OUTCROP IN SOUTH DEPOSIT, (2) SECOND OUTCROP IN SOUTH DEPOSIT (3) OUTCROP IN NORTH DEPOSIT, (4) OUTCROP 155 FT E OF (3) IN NORTH DEPOSIT. MN OXIDE FLOAT IS SPREAD DOWN HILL AND IN THE CREEKS AT EACH DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-94 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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