Mine detail: Mataquescuintla Mine

Previously called 'Santisimo SacramentoIncludes Properties Santiago and Mercedes MinesEl RosarioLos OcotesAnd Magdalena Claims'

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Location: Santa Rosa, Guatemala, North America
Lat / long: 14.51086, -90.14008
dep_id: 10085957
mrds_id: W701835
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
alteration: Silicification
conc_proc: Ore Oxidized To 100 Ft Depth With Cu Redeposition; Agcl Ore Mined In 1889
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
disc_yr: 1694
discr: Jesuits
References:
  • 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. 56-57.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.
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