Mine detail: La Esperanza Mine

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Location: Huehuetenango, Guatemala, North America
Lat / long: 15.39999, -91.49067
dep_id: 10057328
mrds_id: TC01832
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Santa Rosa Formation, Esperanza Member
hrock_type: Limestone
disc_yr: 1672
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 93-94.
  • Deposit:: BLOUNT, D.N., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE CHIANTALA QUADRANGLE, GUATEMALA: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, PH.D. THESIS, 135 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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