Mine detail: Ixtahuacan Mine

Previously called 'Annabella MineLos Lirios Mine'

Location:	Huehuetenango, Guatemala, North America
Lat / long:	15.46082, -91.81012
dep_id:	10021665
mrds_id:	DE00354
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten, Antimony
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Pyrite, Scheelite, Stibiconite, Stibnite
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LENSES
alteration:	Silicification, Supergene, Oxidation
Reporter:	Page, Norman J., Bliss, James D.
hrock_unit:	Tactic
hrock_type:	Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Anicline Cut By Faults
tectonic:	Cenozoic Convergent Plate Margin
Year first produced:	1968
yr_lst_prd:	1981
disc_yr:	1968
References:	Deposit:: STEVENS, R.F., JR., 1973, TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1973, VOL. I, METALS, MINERALS AND FUELS, P.1259. Deposit:: STAFF MINING JOURNAL, 1985, GUATEMALA, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P.358. Deposit:: WEYL, R., 1980, GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL AMERICA, BERLIN, GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, 371 P. Deposit:: COLLINS, E.M.AND KESLER, S.E., 1969, HIGH TEMPERATURE TELESCOPED TUNGSTEN-ANTIMONY MINERALIZATION, GUATEMALA, MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, VOL. 4, P. 65-71. Deposit:: STAFF, 1986, GUATEMALA, INTERNATIONAL MINING, VOL. 3, NO. 8, AUGUST, 1986, P. 144. Deposit:: GUILLEMETTE, N., AND WILLIAMS-JONES, A.E., 198-, NATURE AND ORIGIN OF SB-W MINERALIZATION AT IXTAHUACAN, GUATEMALA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMERICA ABSTRACTS, P. A5. Deposit:: INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECHNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P. Production:: STAFF, 1986, GUATEMALE, INTERNATIONAL MINING