Mine detail: Botija

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Location: Panama, North America
Lat / long: 8.66782, -81.66653
dep_id: 10057189
mrds_id: TC01678
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Goethite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Lepidocrocite, Magnetite
model: 53: Porphyry Cu
alteration: 1) Silica-Potassic: Quartz, Kspar, Biotite, Sericite 2) Argillic: Kaolin, Sericite, Quartz 3) Propylitic: Chlorite, Epidote, Pyrite, Albite, Carbonate
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: FERENCIC, ANTE, 1970, PORPHYRY COPPER MINERALIZATION IN PANAMA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 5, P.. 383-389.
  • 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 ISLAND ARC: PANAMA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 6, P. 1142-1153.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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