Mine detail: Tziminas Mine

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Location: Huehuetenango, Guatemala, North America
Lat / long: 15.42693, -91.53705
dep_id: 10057326
mrds_id: TC01830
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
conc_proc: Oxidation
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Chochal Formation
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P.91.
  • Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., AND ASCARRUNZ-K., R., 1973, LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN CARBONATE ROCKS, CENTRAL GUATEMALA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 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 NORTH 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.
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