Barro Blanco

Prospect in Herrera, Panama with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057364
MRDS ID TC01879
Record type Site
Current site name Barro Blanco
Alternate or previous names Barro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.59316, 7.6612 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Herrera(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama Herrera

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Enargite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Goethite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Epidotized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.59316, 7.6612

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DGRM-SGAB, 1988, PROYECTO INVENTARIO MINERO, MAPA METALOGENETICO: INFORME NO. 88-7.

  • Deposit

    DGRM-ONU, 1969, RESULTS OF DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS IN AZUERO AREA, PANAMA. MAPA DE OCCURENCIAS MINERALES EN ESCALA 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    FERENCIC, ANTE, 1971, METALLOGENIC PROVINCES AND EPOCHS IN SOUTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 6, P. 81.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT CONTACT OF DACITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1991 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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