Mine detail: El Corpus Deposits

Previously called 'Pastor, Rondondo, Cuadrado, Paco, Torcido, Elisa Sin Nombre, La Pila,Mines: Clavo Rico, Armando Williams, Benjamin Williams, La Gloria,Clavo Rico ConcessionRebecca, El Rey, CoronaVeins Candelaria, Oveja, El Ray, Rebecca, Zona La Reina.'

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Location

Lat / long:

13.28092, -87.02

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Calaverite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Goethite, Hematite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1550

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	19TH CENTURY

Geology

Host rock:	Matagalpa Formation;Matagalpa Formation
Host type:	Pyroclastic Rock
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Pyritization Argillic Alteration, Oxidation And Development Of A Hematitic Breccia.

References

MRDS	W701881
DEP	10085998
Reference	{Analytical Data:: GOSSE (1990)}{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: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 181-182.}{Deposit:: GOSSE, RICARDO, 1990, GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON HONDURAN GOLD PROSPECTS: IVANHOC CAPITAL CORPORATION UNPUBLISHED REPORT MAY 10, 1990, 20 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: GOSSE (1990).}
Reporter	Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.