Mine detail: San Juan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

14.29087, -89.37006

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION 1917 TO 1931 OR 32, PRODUCTION BEGAN AGAIN IN 1951
First production started:	1917

Geology

Host type:	Skarn (Tactite),Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	W701818
DEP	10085942
Reference	{Deposit:: INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 74-76.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.}
Reporter	Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.