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Cocuyo

Past Producer in Veraguas, Panama with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104381
MRDS ID TC01945
Record type Site
Current site name Cocuyo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.94428, 8.75421 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 20 KM N OF SANTA FE, PANAMA

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
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Petaquilla
    Rock description Petaquilla
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.94428, 8.75421
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Faults, Multiple Granite Intrusions

Ore body information

  • General form PLACER AND VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1559
Year of last production 1589

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM BOTH VEIN AND PLACER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1991, REPUBLICA DE PANAMA, MAPA GEOLOGICO: MINISTERIO DE COMERCIO E INDUSTRIAS, DIRECCION GENERAL DE RECURSOS MINERALES (DGRM) 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1988, PROYECTO INVENTARIO MINERO: DGRM-SGAB INFORME 88-7 MAPA METALOGENETICO

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DGRM, MAY 1990, MAPA METALOGENETICO: METALES PRECIOSOS.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANONYMOUS, 1988, MAPA METALOGENETICO, DGRM; DGRM, MAY 1990, MAPA METALOGENETICO: METALES PRECIOSOS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNNELS AND TERRACES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-91 Pierce, Herbert A. U.S. Geological Survey

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