Quebrada Iguana

Prospect in Veraguas, Panama with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097355
MRDS ID TC01896
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Iguana
Alternate or previous names Iguana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.8779, 7.61454 (WGS84)

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
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Enargite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Goethite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Epidotization

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.8779, 7.61454

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DGRM-SGAB, 1988, PROYECTO INVENTARIO MINERO, MAPA METALOGENETICO: INFORME NO. 88-7.

  • Deposit

    FERENCIC, ANTE, 1971, METALLOGENIC PROVINCES AND EPOCHS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 6, P. 85-86.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS AT CONTACT BETWEEN DACITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1991 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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