Mine detail: Caquipec Mine

Previously called 'Mine Y'

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Location: Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, North America
Lat / long: 15.4086, -90.43481
dep_id: 10057262
mrds_id: TC01756
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Calamine, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Galena, Hydrozincite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite
conc_proc: Oxidation To 100 Ft
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Coban Limestone
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
disc_yr: 1945
discr: Cia Minera De Guatemala
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 104.
  • Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., AND ASCARRUNZ-K., R., 1973, LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN CARBONATE ROCKS, CENTRAL GUATEMALA: ECON. GEOL., V. 68, P. 1263-1274.
  • Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., LEVY, E., AND MARTIN F., C., 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN THE GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN AMERICA, VOL. H, THE CARIBBEAN REGION ED., DENGO, G., AND CASE, J.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957; PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM ANACONDA FILES, I.B. JORALEMAN 11/18/54.
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