Rio Pito, Porphyry copper prospect

Rio Pito

Porphyry copper prospect in Darién, Panama

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	215
Tract name	Colombia Paleocene–Eocene Acandi (005pCu1001)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Panama
State or province	Darién
Geographic location	-77.566666667, 8.633333333 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-77.566666667, 8.633333333
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age (Ma)	49Ma
Age determination method	unknown
Age range	49 Ma
Age reference	Singer and others (2008)
Minerals	biotite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, galena, gold, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite, sericite, silver, sphalerite
Associated rocks	dacite porphyry, rhyodacite porphyry, andesite, basalt, gabbro, granodiorite, quartz diorite, quartz diorite porphyry, tonalite
Tectonic setting	island arc
Stratigraphic age	Eocene

Commodity and development information

Development status	Occurrence
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Study area name	Andes
References	Kesler and others (1977); Nelson (1995); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference	Cunningham and others (2008)

Kesler, S.E., Sutter, J.F., Issigonis, M.J., Jones, L.M., and Walker, R.L., 1977, Evolution of porphyry copper mineralization in an oceanic island arc, Panama: Economic Geology, v. 72, p. 11421153. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.72.6.1142.)Nelson, C.E., 1995, Porphyry copper deposits of southern Central America, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 20, p. 553565. (Also available at http://cbmap.net/images/porphyry_copper_deposits.pdf.)Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the worldDatabase and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.