Place	Population	Distance
Alto de La Mesa	215 (2017)	2.4km
Mata Ahogado	614 (2017)	4.6km
Quebrada Amarilla	205 (2017)	5.4km
Boca de Las Minas	487 (2017)	6.3km
San Miguel Arriba	428 (2017)	6.3km

Mindat Locality ID:

475601

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:475601:2

GUID (UUID V4):

Other/historical names associated with this locality:

Cerro Pelado

High sulfidation epithermal
Cerro Lloron (or Cerro Pelado) is a high sulphidation epithermal gold prospect hosted by vuggy silica alteration in welded tuffs near the NE margin of the El Valle summit caldera.

Select Mineral List Type

Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Gold

Mineral List

ⓘ Native Gold

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

Select Rock List Type

Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

ⓘ 'Ignimbritic tuff'

ⓘ Welded tuff

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Native Gold

Formula: Au

References:

Redwood, Stewart D. (2020) The mineral deposits of Panama: Arc metallogenesis on the trailing edge of the Caribbean large igneous province. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 72 (3) doi:10.18268/bsgm2020v72n3a130220

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Gold	1.AA.05	Au

List of minerals for each chemical element

Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Native Gold	Au

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Central AmericaRegion

North America

Central AmericaSubregion

North America Plate

Chorotega Volcanic ArcAccretionary Complex

Panama PlateTectonic Plate

This page contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.

References

[1]Redwood, Stewart D. (2020) The mineral deposits of Panama: Arc metallogenesis on the trailing edge of the Caribbean large igneous province. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 72 (3) doi:10.18268/bsgm2020v72n3a130220

Quick NavTop Commodities Mineral List Rock Types Other Regions References

Mindat.org® is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Mindat® and mindat.org® are registered trademarks of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2026, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau.
Content on this site may not be used to train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop artificial intelligence or machine learning models without prior written permission - see our Terms & Conditions.
To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833–844. doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: October 20, 2026 05:37:06 Page updated: May 8, 2026 11:12:27

Go to top of page

Cerro Lloron, Panamá Oeste Province, PanamaiRegional Level TypesCerro LloronDeposit Panamá Oeste ProvinceProvince PanamaCountry function showexplain() { $("#locexplain").toggle(); if (typeof movemap === "function") movemap(); }