Low sulfidation epithermal
Boca de Higui is a cluster of NNW-trending quartz veins up to 2 km long and 2 m wide which have the same strike as the main veins at Remance, located about 5 km to the southeast. The veins are hosted by propylitically altered andesite flows, volcanic breccias, lapilli tuffs and thinly bedded carbonaceous sediments.

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Commodity List

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ⓘ Gold

Mineral List

ⓘ Quartz

1 valid mineral.

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ⓘ Andesite

ⓘ Lapilli-tuff

ⓘ Volcanic breccia

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ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

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

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

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

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Panama PlateTectonic Plate

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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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