Mine detail: Cerro De Cobre

Previously called 'Cerro El Cobre'

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Location: Madriz, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long: 13.47591, -86.50831
dep_id: 10062444
mrds_id: TC35907
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Muscovite, Quartz
ore_ctrl: Ruiz-Fuller Suggests Control By Circular Structures Which He Believes May Be Old Craters And Calderas. Inspection Of The Geologic Map Suggests That A Dimal Structure Is More Likely.
Reporter: Venable, Margaret
hrock_unit: Lower Coyol Group Volcanics (To South);Matagalpa Group Volcanics;Totogalpa Formation;Schists
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
References:
  • Deposit:: RUIZ-FULLER, C., 1971, INFORME PRELIMINAR SOBRE LA MUSION EN NICARAGUA (DESARROLLO MINERO CEPAL) SOBRE EL YACIMIENTO CERRO EL COBRE Y SAN JUAN DE LIMAY: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, 8 P.
  • Deposit:: BENGOCHEA, A., FERREY, C.J., RODERZO, E., AND WILLIAMS, R., 19 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOMOTO QUADRANGLE, 2856-II, 1:50,000 SCALE.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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