Nuestro Amo Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057185
MRDS ID TC01674
Record type Site
Current site name Nuestro Amo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.91651, 7.95119 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES W OF NUESTRO AMO WHICH IS 2.5 MILES S OF ATALAYA

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
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 97
USGS model code 24c
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.91651, 7.95119

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 35E
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE OF 50% MN FOR SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE OBSERVED IN 1942-43.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F.S., 1957, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF PANAMA, IN MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA BY R.J. ROBERTS AND E.M. IRVING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 106-135

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SIMONS, 1957.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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