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Rio Balsa

Past Producer in Darien, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061669
MRDS ID TC34603
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Balsa
Alternate or previous names El Palo, Tucuti, Manuel Flat Area, Chati-Chanati

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.9331, 7.98451 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, Lat-Long Is For The Town Of Tucuti.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Darien(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama Darien

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR EL PALO TO TUCUTI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADES: 119.7 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD (0.0579 OZ/CUBIC YARD) OVER 10 FT, 28.6 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD (0.0138 OZ/CUBIC YARD) OVER 37 FT, 33.8 CENTS CUBIC YARD (0.0164 OZ/CUBIC YARD) OVER 39 FT, 51.2 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD (0.0248 OZ/CUBIC YARD) OVER 11 2/3 FT (ALL FROM ABOVE AND BELOW TUCUTI, 1930-1931).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.9331, 7.98451
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1680

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Watson, H. H.
    First year 1928
    Last year 1931

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) MANUEL FLAT AREA; ORE (2) CHATI-CHANATI AREA; PLANNED TO MINE IN 1930 USING 3 MONITORS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOW, V.F.S., 1931, PANAMA: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 23, P. 205-206

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: SPANISH COLONIAL TIMES
Deposit GRAVEL BED 250 FT WIDE, TESTED OVER A LENGTH OF 17 MI; THICKNESS VARIED 5-24 FT WITH AVERAGE OF 13 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey ADDED ESTIMATED LOCATION
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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