Las Huacas

Occurrence in Veraguas, Panama with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057398
MRDS ID TC01934
Record type Site
Current site name Las Huacas
Alternate or previous names In Santa Rosa Au Concession

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.14207, 8.20478 (WGS84)
Relative position 36 KM NW OF SANTIAGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Veraguas(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama Veraguas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.14207, 8.20478

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw And Ne Trending Faults And Lineaments

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins And Stream

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1895

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Greenstone Resources And Boliden International Mining
    First year 1990

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD UNDERGROUND TUNNELS WITH LIMITED AU PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING (1990)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1991, REPUBLICA DE PANAMA MAPA GEOLOGICO: DGRM 1:500,000

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1990, GREENSTONE AND BOLIDEN PREPARE TO DRILL GOLD DEPOSITS IN PANAMA: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 3,, 1990, P. 17.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHOTO GEOLOGY, MAGNETIC COVERAGE, REGIONAL MAPPING, DETAILED MAPPING, SOIL AND ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Pierce, Herbert A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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