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Remance

Occurrence in Veraguas, Panama with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057404
MRDS ID TC01940
Record type Site
Current site name Remance
Alternate or previous names Remance Concession, El Remance, Vein Names: Veta Principal,, Santa Rosa, Hoati, Baltazar and Wi, Plus One Unnamed Vein, Veraguas Concession 1930's

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.99067, 8.29395 (WGS84)
Relative position 35 KM NW OF SANITAGO, PANAMA (DIRECT)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Veraguas(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama Veraguas

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, CONCESSION CENTER (450 SQ KM AREA) CENTER POINT 8-15N AND 80-05W ACC +/- 1 MIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result WALL ROCK < 1 PPM AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.99067, 8.29395
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN(S)
    Length 0.07M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1680

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Period Aug 1931-Feb 1932
    Material AU ?
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Recovery Rate Of 10.7 G/Ton Of $7.1 Per Ton (At $20.67 Per Oz Of Au)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACCURACY DEPENDS ON CUTOFF. AU RANGES FROM 221.918 TO 270.662 TOZ, AND AG RANGES FROM 111.593-136.104 TOZ.

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 LEVELS, 1700 M LENGTH. THREE OTHER VEINS 400, 600, AND 1000 M LONG

Comments on development

  • HOLES DRILLED IN 1987. IN 1930, THERE WERE 6 LEVELS, SHAFTS, WINZES AND RISER FOR OVER 18,000 FT OF WORKINGS. ON NO. 5 LEVEL OPENED UP ORE AT 17 POUNDS STERLING OF GOLD PER TON FOR LENGTH OF 71 FT AND WIDTH OF 29 IN ORE SAMPLE 178.4 DWT AND 6.87 OZ/T AG. ; ECON.YEAR: 1930'S ; MILL.CAP : 100-300 T/DAY

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

    MERIDA, J., 1972, CONTRIBUCION A LA HISTORIA DE LA EXPLORACION Y EXPLOTACION MINERA DE PANAMA: DGRM

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LOW, V.F.S., 1931, PANAMA: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 23, P. 273-274.

  • Deposit

    U.S. EMBASSY, 1993, PANAMA CABLE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S. EMBASSY (1993)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNKNOWN, 1982, TRANSWORLD RESOURCES CORP. REPORT, THE VERAGUAS GOLD CONCESSION REPUBLIC OF PANAMA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3700 M OF DRIFTS, 1600 M OF RAISES, 5300 M OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, LEVEL 5 AND 6 APPROX. 950 M DRIFTS AND RAISES INNUNDATED. MAXIMUM LENGTH MAY BE 8 KM LONG.
Deposit GEOCHEMISTRY SURFACE CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGE ON OUTCROP LENGTH - VETA PRINCIPAL: 6.0 PPM, 84 PPM MAX, 0 PPM MIN, 118 SAMPLES. SANTA ROSA VEIN: 2.94 PPM, 47 PPM MAX, 1 PPM MIN, 47 SAMPLES. HUATI VEIN: 8.0 PPM, 98 PPM MAX, 1 PPM MIN, 55 SAMPLES. BALTAZAR VEIN: 2.6 PPM, 32 PPM MAX, 1 PPM MIN, 68 SAMPLES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: COLONIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Pierce, Herbert A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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