Mine detail: Suquinay Prospect

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Location: Guatemala, North America
Lat / long: 15.24083, -90.19008
dep_id: 10085968
mrds_id: W701847
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Chochal Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Miogeosyncline
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. 103.
  • Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., AND ASCARRUNZ-K., R., 1973, LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN CARBONATE ROCKS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 68, P. 1263-1274.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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