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Gamboa

Occurrence in Panama, Panama with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057422
MRDS ID TC01961
Record type Site
Current site name Gamboa
Alternate or previous names Quebrada Del Oro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.66787, 9.14557 (WGS84)
Relative position ON QUEBRADA DEL ORO, NW FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF RIO CUSAYA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Panama(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama Panama

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR LOCALITY 38 ON WOODRINGS 1957 MAP, SCALE 1:75,000.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Gutancillo Formation
    Rock description Gutancillo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.66787, 9.14557
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner An English Co. Worked Property In 1870'S Or Early 1880'S.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bouche, Adrian And Miguel, Pedro

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1918, VEINLETS WERE ASSAYED AND CONTAINED GOLD VALUES OF MORE THAN $1.00 PER TON.

Comments on development

  • MINE AND MILL MACHINERY PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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

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