Mine detail: Exmibal Mine

Previously called 'Concession Names: Nculac, El Estor, Sexa, MontufarLake Izabel Nickel Deposit, Buena Vista, La Gloria, Chulac, El Estor'

Location:	Izabal, Guatemala, North America
Lat / long:	16.50077, -89.33339
dep_id:	10024509
mrds_id:	ISM0230
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Nickel
Minor mineral:	Copper, Cobalt
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
orebody_fm:	BLANKET
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L., Saam, Henning G., Saso, Jerri L., Foose, Michael P., Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Sierra De Santa Cruz;
hrock_type:	Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite,Serpentinite
Structure:	Tropical Weathering Of Ophiolite
tectonic:	Orogenic Belt
Year first produced:	1977
yr_lst_prd:	1982
disc_yr:	1955
discr:	Jose Montufar
References:	Deposit:: AMENDMENT TO U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 10K REPORT, JULY 17, 1980. (RR1) Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, THE STEEL INDUSTRY METALS--NICKEL: LONDON, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL LTD.,- P. 67-68. Deposit:: ENSMINGER, H.R., 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES, IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARB-OOK 1981, V. III, AREA REPORTS--INTERNATIONAL: WASHINGTON, D.-C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 1267-1287. (PA1, PC1) Deposit:: ALWARD, J.R., 1983, THE STEEL INDUSTRY METALS--NICKEL: LONDON, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL LTD., P. 65-6-7. Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--GUATEMALA: LONDON, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL LT-D., P. 357. (PA2, PA8, RR1) Deposit:: ENG. MIN. JOUR., NOV. 1977, GUATEMALA-EXIMBAL: ENG. MIN. JOUR., V. 178, NO.11, P. 162-165. Deposit:: METALS WEEK - METALS SOURCEBOOK. 5/20/74. ITEM #B2845. Deposit:: THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1973, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 15. Deposit:: ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL. 4/74. P. 37. Deposit:: METALS WEEK 4/30/73, P. 7. Deposit:: AMERICAN METALS MARKET, 11/12/75, P. 1. Deposit:: CARRINGTON, J.W., BASIC RESOURCES RUSHES 3-PRONGED MINE EFFORT PLUS OIL IN GUATEMALA. Deposit:: CHIDESTER, A.H., 8/76, THE NICKELIFEROUS ORE BODY AND THE MILL OF EXIMBAL AT LAKE IZABAL, GUATEMALA: APPENDIX 3 TO REPORT ON TRIP AND VISITS TO COSTA RICA, NICARAGUA, AND GUATEMALA BY ABOVE AND MILLER, RALPH L., 8/76. Deposit:: INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL: 1:2,000,000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICACIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: PA1: RF3; PA2, PA8: RF5, P. 357 PC1: RF3