Colon
Plant

Cerro Petaquilla

Colon, Panama
CopperSilverMolybdenumGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Molybdenum, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10304381
Alternate namesPetaquilla/Botija, Rio Botija, Cerro Petaquilla/Rio Botija, Southwest Gold Zone, Botija-Abajo Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates8.83444, -80.63314
References
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