Mine detail: El Espirito Santo Mine

Previously called 'Cana, Las Minas De Santa Cruz De Cana, Mina Del Espirito Santo,Espiritu Santo De CanoDarien Gold Mine, Holy Ghost Mine'

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Location: Darien, Panama, North America
Lat / long: 7.49232, -78.07894
dep_id: 10057452
mrds_id: TC01998
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VERTICAL CHIMNEY
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Latite,Andesite
Year first produced: 1665
disc_yr: 1680
prod_yrs: 1665-1914
References:
  • Deposit:: DGRM-SGAB, 1988, PROYECTO INVENTARIO MINERO, MAPA METALOGENETICO: INFORME 88-7.
  • Deposit:: ANON, 1990, PANAMA PROPERTY ATTRACTS GREENSTONE: THE NORTHERN MINER, MAY 28, 1990, V. 76, NO. 12, P. 1-2.
  • Deposit:: WOAKES, E.R., 1923, THE DARIEN GOLD MINE, PANAMA: MINING MAGAZINE, NOV. 1923, P. 270-278.
  • Deposit:: LOW, V.F.S., PANAMA: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 23, P. 203-204.
  • Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY, PANAMA, CABLE, 1993.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ANACONDA FILES (85015)
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