Low sulfidation epithermal
The Cerro Negro mine was reported to have been the first Spanish silver mine in the Americas in the early 16th century, and the silver coined at a mint at the town of Nata. Gold mineralization is hosted by banded quartz veins up to 3.0 m wide and 1,000 m long cutting dacite domes and ash tuff, lapilli tuff and tuff breccia with widespread pervasive silicification and argillic alteration over a large area. The prospect is a large, low sulphidation epithermal gold-silver system.

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ⓘ Gold

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ⓘ Native Gold

ⓘ Quartz

2 valid minerals.

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ⓘ 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

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Gold	1.AA.05	Au
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Native Gold	Au

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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

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