Mine detail: Petoa

Previously called 'Santo Domingo WorkingsMendenhall Copper PropertiesIncludes Santa Ines WorkingsLos Mangos Workings'

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Location

Lat / long:

15.28083, -88.32003

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	POCKETS, VEINLETS, LENSES (VEIN 10 FT WIDE)
Discovery year:	1673

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1850

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W702003
DEP	10086091
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: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 59-60.}{Deposit:: MCKINLAY, W.B., 1920: MINING DEPARTMENT SUMMARY.}{Deposit:: ANACONDA FILES (84928.06).}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Bliss, James D.