Mine detail: Mataquescuintla Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long:

14.51086, -90.14008

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1694

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W701835
DEP	10085957
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. 56-57.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.}
Reporter	Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.