Mine detail: Santo Domingo

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 15.44082, -91.48011

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc, Silver
Ore: Lead
Discovery year: 1672

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1672

Geology

Host rock:Chochal Formation
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW701845
DEP10085966
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. 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.}
ReporterBliss, James D., Page, Norman J.