Mine detail: Oxec

Previously called 'Zuhoj Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

15.55081, -89.71674

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	POLYGONAL, PENCILLIKE, WEDGE, COMPLEX DIGITATED, DOUBLY CONVEX
Discovery year:	1957

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Chert,Basalt
Associated type:	Diabase

References

MRDS	W700039
DEP	10084826
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1693, P. 131.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 75, P. 1053-1065.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.}{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, 1991, MINING PROSPECTS IN GUATEMALA: MINING JOURNAL, V. 317, NO. 8143, P. 276-277.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 57-58.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, 1991, P. 276-277.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R., Pierce, Herbert A., Page, Norman J.