Rio Mandinga Area

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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057341
MRDS ID TC01847
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Mandinga Area
Alternate or previous names Bahia De Madinga, Includes Rio Novagna Deposit, Mine 1, Mine 2, Mine 3, And Mine 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.09702, 9.42139 (WGS84)
Elevation 75
Relative position ABOUT 60 KM E OF CARIBBEAN TERMINUS OF PANAMA CANAL

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

  • ON LOW HILL TRENDING NNE ABOUT 0.5 MI FROM SHORE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE HARD; SMALL QUANTITIES SOFT AND POWDERY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane 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 > Mudstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.09702, 9.42139

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1919
Production years 1916-1919

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DGRM-SGAB, 1988, PROYECTO INVENTARIO MINERO, MAPA METALOGENETICO: INFORME 88-7

  • Deposit

    DGRM, 1975, MAPA DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES: ATLAS NACIONAL DE PANAMA

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1957.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1991 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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