Mine detail: El Chorreadero

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

12.99538, -86.8611

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Upper Coyol Group-Basalts;Lower Coyol Group-Andesites And Dacites;Matagalpa Group-Volcanics
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyodacite
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	El Sauce Anticline Trends N45w, Major Normal Faults Parallel To It., Deposits Found In Graben Bounded By N45w Normal Faults.
Alteration processes:	Wide Alteration Zones Around Veins.

References

MRDS	W702052
DEP	10086127
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:: ORMAN, P., 1983, INFORME SUMARIO SOBRE EL CONOCIMIENTO GEOLOGICO DEL AREA CHORREADERO, DEPARTMENTO CHINANDEGA, ZONA SONOTILLO - VILLA NUEVA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, INMINE, DIRECCION DE DESAROLLO MINERO.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Bliss, James D., Venable, Margaret