Blaque Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057232
MRDS ID TC01723
Record type Site
Current site name Blaque Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.45036, 9.51417 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES SE OF NOMBRE DE DIOS

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

  • ON LOW RIDGE BETWEEN QUEBRADA BLAQUE AND RIO FATO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.45036, 9.51417

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 45SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nombre De Dios Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY NO DEPOSITS OF ANY SIZE IN THIS PROSPECT AREA.

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

    SIMMONS, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAINLY CHERT AND JASPER FLOAT WITH COATINGS AND VEINLETS OF MN OXIDES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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