Mine detail: Santo Domingo

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Location: Guatemala, North America
Lat / long: 15.44082, -91.48011
dep_id: 10085966
mrds_id: W701845
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Lead
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Chochal Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1672
disc_yr: 1672
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. 102.
  • Deposit:: BLOUNT, D.N., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE CHAIANTLA QUADRANGLE, GUATEMALA: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, PH.D. THESIS, 135 P.
  • Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., AND ASCARRUNZ-K., R., 1973, LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN CARBONATE ROCKS, CENTRAL GUATEMALA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 68, P. 1263-1274.
  • Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., LEVY, E., AND MARTIN F., C., 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, VOL. H, THE CARIBBEAN REGION ED., DENGO, G, AND CASE, J.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.
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