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Bahia Honda

Producer in Veraguas, Panama with commodity Manganese
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  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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057358
MRDS ID TC01868
Record type Site
Current site name Bahia Honda
Alternate or previous names Harriet Prospect, Rosario Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.50347, 7.79009 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 155 MI SW OF PANAMA CITY

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
Limonite Ore
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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.50347, 7.79009
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S (1), N15W (2)
    Dip VERTICAL (1), VERTICAL (2)
    Thickness 4.88M
    Length 39.62M
    Width 3.05M
  • Dip VERTICAL (1), VERTICAL (2)
    Length 24.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1930'S
    Material MN ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^47% Mn, 8% Sio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SIL Silica Silica 8wt-pct
    Ore Manganese Manganese 47wt-pct

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING DONE IN 1935, TRENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF 2 LENSES, NO (1) AND (2).

Reporter information

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

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