Mine detail: San Sebastian Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

13.6509, -87.93002

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Calaverite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Gypsum, Quartz
Discovery year:	1673

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Trachyte,Basalt
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Propylization

References

MRDS	W701819
DEP	10085943
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. 191.}{Deposit:: WUENSCH, C.E., 1917, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN SEBASTIAN MINE, SALVADOR: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, SEPT. 8, 1917, P. 345-350.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING (1957); WUENSCH (1917).}
Reporter	Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.