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Caracol Placer Concessions

Prospect in Panama with commodity Gold
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061668
MRDS ID TC34602
Record type Site
Current site name Caracol Placer Concessions
Alternate or previous names Rio Caracol, Tesorio, S.A.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.08315, 8.60115 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM FROM LA CUESTA., Estimated Location, Lat-Long Is For The Town Of La Cuesta De Los Suspiros. The Error In Location Could Be Quite Large, Could Not Locate A Copy Of Hoja Laurel Or Locate Rio Caracol Or La Cuesta On Any Map In The Latin American Archives. Lat-Long Is For Only Panama Town Of La Cuesta Listed In Atlas., Estimated Location, Lat-Long Is For The Town Of La Cuesta De Los Suspiros. The Error In Location Could Be Quite Large, Could Not Locate A Copy Of Hoja Laurel Or Locate Rio Caracol Or La Cuesta On Any Map In The Latin American Archives. Lat-Long Is For Only Panama Town Of La Cuesta Listed In Atlas.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Panama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.08315, 8.60115
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tesoro Socedad Anonima

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) PROVEN RESERVES, (2) PROBABLE RESERVES, (3) POSSIBLE RESERVES.

Comments on development

  • 65 HOLES BETWEEN 0.6 AND 15.5 M DEPTH FOR SAMPLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FILE 926, APRIL 1980, POSSESSION OF TESORIA, S.A

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    FILE 926, APRIL 1980, POSSESSION OF TESORIA S.A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALLUVIUM FORMS TERRACES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey ADDED ESTIMATED LAT-LONG
Updater 24-AUG-98 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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