Las Cuestas I

Occurrence in Herrera, Panama with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10057372
MRDS ID TC01893
Record type Site
Current site name Las Cuestas I
Alternate or previous names La Cuesta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.66123, 7.78926 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Herrera(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama Herrera

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Zeolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.66123, 7.78926

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • DGRM DID GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND EM STUDIES IN 1969

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 COPPER SULFIDES AND HYDROCARBONATES FILLING VESSICLES AND FISSURES IN AMYGDALOID BASALT, SCORIACEOUS LAVA AND TUFFS.

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.