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Neighbouring regions:
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Arraiján | 76,815 (2017) |
| La Chorrera | 61,232 (2016) |
| Veracruz | 17,144 (2017) |
| Nuevo Arraiján | 14,920 (2017) |
| El Coco | 11,935 (2017) |
| Vista Alegre | 8,673 (2017) |
Other Languages:
French:
Panama Ouest, Panama
German:
Provinz Panamá Oeste, Panama
Italian:
Provincia di Panama Ovest, Panamá
Russian:
Западная Панама, Панама
Simplified Chinese:
西巴拿馬省, 巴拿马
Spanish:
Panamá Oeste, Panamá
Arabic:
محافظة بنما الغربية, بنما
Armenian:
Արևմտյան Պանամա
Basque:
Mendebaldeko Panama
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Заходняя Панама
Bulgarian:
Панама Оесте, Панама
Catalan:
Província de Panamà Oest, Panamà
Czech:
Západní Panama, Panama
Dutch:
Panama Oeste, Panama
Erzya:
Чивалгомань Панама
Esperanto:
Okcidenta Panamo
Farsi/Persian:
استان پاناما اوسته, پاناما
Galician:
Provincia de Panamá Oeste, Panamá
Hungarian:
Nyugat-Panama tartomány, Panama
Japanese:
西パナマ県, パナマ
Judaeo-Spanish:
Panama Oeste
Korean:
서파나마주, 파나마
Latvian:
Rietumpanama, Panama
Lithuanian:
Vakarų Panamos provincija, Panama
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Panamá Oeste Séng
Polish:
Panama Zachodnia, Panama
Thai:
จังหวัดปานามาโอเอสเต, ปานามา
Ukrainian:
Західна Панама, Панама
Urdu:
پاناما غربی صوبہ
Created when the 5 districts of Panama Province that lay west of the Panama Canal were split off to form a new province.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities7 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramEntries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Locality: Cacao, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Locality: Cacao, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' Locality: Cacao, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama |
| ⓘ Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Locality: Cacao, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Locality: Cacao, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama |
| ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Locality: Cacao, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Locality: Cacao, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 Locality: Cacao, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz Formula: SiO2 Locality: Cacao, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama |
| ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup' Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| ⓘ | var. Milky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Stilbite Subgroup' | - | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Fossils
There are 1094 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
- Panamá Oeste Province
- Quaternary🐚 Barro Colorado Island
- Miocene🐚 Bed 1
- Miocene🐚 Cartagena
- Miocene🐚 Cartagena Hill
- Miocene🐚 Centenario Bridge
- Miocene🐚 Contractor’s Hill
- Miocene🐚 El Lirio Norte
- Miocene🐚 Emperor area
- Quaternary🐚 FLMNH Loc. 4143 - Panama Canal [Pacific Muck]
- Miocene🐚 Gaillard Cut
- Quaternary🐚 Generic Location
- Miocene🐚 Hodges Hill
- Miocene🐚 Las Cascadas
- Cenozoic🐚 Lirio
- Cenozoic🐚 Lirio Norte
- Panamá Oeste Province
- Miocene🐚 Locality 630023
- Cenozoic🐚 Location 42g
- Cenozoic🐚 Location 54h
- Cenozoic🐚 Location 54j
- Cenozoic🐚 Location 54l
- Cenozoic🐚 Location 54m
- Cenozoic🐚 Location 60
- Miocene🐚 Panama Canal Purussaurus
- Miocene🐚 Sample 57
- Cenozoic🐚 USGS 18837
- Miocene🐚 Woodring 107 - Canal Zone [upper Culebra Fm]
- Miocene🐚 Woodring Loc. 106 - Canal Zone [upper Culebra Fm]
- Miocene🐚 Woodring Loc. 116 - Canal Zone [upper Culebra Fm]
- Panamá Province
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panam%C3%A1_Oeste_Province |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q16250688 |
Localities in this Region
- Panamá Oeste Province
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- Central AmericaSubregion
North America Plate
- Central American ForearcAccretionary Complex
- Choco BlockAccretionary Complex
- Chorotega Volcanic ArcAccretionary Complex
Panama PlateTectonic Plate
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