Capira

Producer in Panama, Panama with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  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 10064753
MRDS ID TC39231
Record type Site
Current site name Capira
Alternate or previous names Veins: La Flor, Brenda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.87621, 8.75448 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Est +/- 10 Minutes, Est +/- 10 Minutes

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

  • USED TOWN OF CAPIRA FOR LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.87621, 8.75448

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name LA FLOR
    Dip }
    Length 1200M
  • Name BRENDA
    Dip }
    Length 1070M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Capira Dorado, S. A.
    First year 1993

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN 1930'S AND 1940'S; ORE(1) = LA FLOR; ORE(2) = BRENDA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. EMBASSY, 1993, PANAMA CABLE.

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION GENERAL DE RECURSOS MINERALES DEL MINISTERIO DE COMERCIO E INDUSTRIAS, 1976, MAPA GEOLOGICO REGION ORIENTAL PANAMA, SCALE, 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S. EMBASSY (1993)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA CONTAINS 13 VEINS; LA FLOR (1), BRENDA (2)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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