Mine detail: El Dorado-La Virgen

Previously called 'Mina Victoria'

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Location: Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long: 13.78423, -84.78327
dep_id: 10061679
mrds_id: TC34613
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
alteration: Local Epidotization, Chloritization, Carbonatization Of Igneous Rocks. Sediments In La Virgen Have Been Altered And Silicified.
ore_ctrl: Small Subsidiary Faults And Fractures Related To Large Ne Striking Fualt?
Reporter: Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Venable, M.)
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Large Scale Ne Fault, Small Subsidiary Faults
tectonic: Chortis Block
References:
  • VENABLE, M., PERSONAL OBSERVATION FROM FIELD SITE VISIT
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