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Petaquilla Copper

Occurrence in Colon, Panama with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068466
MRDS ID W001529
Record type Site
Current site name Petaquilla Copper
Alternate or previous names Cerro Petaquilla

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.57316, 8.85197 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 40 MILES SW OF COLON, PANAMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colon(province)

Panama(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Panama Colon

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATIONS BELOW 250 METERS, NORTH-CENTRAL PANAMA, ON DRAINAGE TO CARIBBEAN SEA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) (1) Silica-Potassic With Quartz, Kspar, Biotite, Sericite; (2) Argillic With Kaolin, Sericite, Quartz; (3) Propylitic With Chlorite, Epidote, Pyrite, Albite, Uralite, Sericite And Carbonate

Analytical data

Result RB, 70.2 PPM
Result SR, 514 PPM, 85 SR/86 SR = 0.7038, INITIAL = 0.7037.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Chronological age 32.6
    Dating method K-Ar
    Type of media Hornblende
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.57316, 8.85197
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W Parallel To Axis Of Isthmus
Type of structure Local
Structure description General Nw-Se Elongation Of Ore Bodies Suggests Faulting And Fracturing Of Similar Attitude.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, OVOID

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Folding And Faulting,Cut By Nw-Se Secondary Faulting .

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer A Metti

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Adrian Resources Ltd.
    Interest 52
  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Panama

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 495000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.54 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Molybdenum Mo 0.014 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1994
    Gold Au 0.12 g/mt Gold Minor 1994
    Silver Ag 1.36 g/mt Silver Minor 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY INCOMPLETE BECAUSE OF LIMITED DRILLING. ORE (1) TOTAL GEOLOGICAL RESOURCE. ORE (2) DILUTED MINEABLE MEASURED AND INDICATED RESERVE. ORE (3) INCLUDES INFERRED RESERVES USING 0.19% CU EQUIVALENT CUT OFF.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILLING INCLUDED 27 SHALLOW HOLES(20-70 MTRS)AND 10 DEEP HOLES(180 TO 235 MTRS)

Comments on development

  • RESULTS OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION AND DIAMOND DRILLING OF GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES. PROJECTED STRIPPING RATIO IS 1.36 TO 1.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNDP, 1969, PORPHYRY COPPER MINERALIZATION, CERRO PETAQUILLA, UN PUBLICATION NO 3 JULY 1969, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    UNDP, 1968, CERRO PETEQUILLA, UN PUBLICATION NO. 2, P10, MAY 1968.

  • Deposit

    FERENCIC, ANTE 1970, PORPHYRY COPPER MINERALIZATION IN PANAMA, MIN. DEPOSITA, V. 5 PP 383-389.

  • Deposit

    DGRM-SGAB, 1988, PROYECTO INVENTARIO MINERO, MAPA METALOGENETICO: INFORME NO. 88-7.

  • Deposit

    KESLER, S.E., SUTTER, J.F., ISSIGONIS, M. J., JONES, L.M., AND WALKER, R.L., 1977, EVOLUTION OF PORPHYRY COPPER MINERALIZATION IN OCEANIC ISLAN ARC: PANAMA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 6, P. 1142-1153.

  • Deposit

    DANIELSON, VIVIAN, 1994, POSITIVE PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR PETAQUILLA: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 26, AUGUST 29, 1994, P. 1-2.

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOCHEM UNDP, POSITIVE ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

    1968 DRILL UNDP, ORE RESERVE COMPUTATION

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATIONS NOS 2(MAY 1968)AND 3(JULY 1969), PANAMA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL WROUGHT COPPER COUNCIL REPORT, APRIL 1972. DANIELSON (1994)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD D000742 BY ROBERT U. KING HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Irving, Earl M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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