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Santa Rita

Occurrence in Colon, Panama with commodity Gold
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057423
MRDS ID TC01962
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.78453, 9.32862 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SE OF SABANITA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colon(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama Colon

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG STREAMS IMMEDIATELY N AND NE OF CERRO SANTA RITA (268 M TRIANGULATION POINT). FROM WOODRING MAP (1957), SCALE 1:75,000.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.78453, 9.32862
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1492

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS CAVED

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION IN 1925 AND 1980. POSSIBLY MODERN MINING AS EARLY AS 1883 BY FRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRECOLOMBIAN

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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