Rio Canazas

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057399
MRDS ID TC01935
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Canazas
Alternate or previous names Canazas, Chriqui Concession, Includes the Molienda, Santa Rosa, San Juan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.13152, 8.28923 (WGS84)
Relative position 36 KM NW OF SANTIAGO; CLOSER TO CANAZAS

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result MOLIENDA OVER 5 FT WIDTH AT 47 FT DEPTH, 1 TO 1.08 OZ/TON AU (LOW, 1931)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.13152, 8.28923

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw And Ne Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Length 1524M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1680

Comments on the workings information

  • MOLIENDA DOWN TO AT LEAST 47 FT (1930)

Comments on development

  • SOME EXPLORATION ONGOING AS OF 1988, IE REVERSE CIRCULATION DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1991, REPUBLICA DE PANAMA MAPA GEOLOGICO: 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: DGRM-ONU MAPA DE OCCURENCIAS MINERALES EN ESCALA 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    MERIDA, J., 1972, CONTRIBUCION A LA HISTORIA DE LA EXPLORACION Y EXPLOTACION MINERA DE PANAMA: DGRM

  • Deposit

    LOW, V.F.S., 1931, PANAMA: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 23, P. 277-278.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: SPANISH COLONIAL
Deposit MOLIENDA AND SANTA ROSA ON QUARTZ VEIN THAT SPLIT INTO STRINGERS AT SAN JUAN (ON SW END OF THE VEIN).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Pierce, Herbert A. 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.