Mine detail: El Chorreadero

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Location: Chinandega, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long: 12.99538, -86.8611
dep_id: 10086127
mrds_id: W702052
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
alteration: Wide Alteration Zones Around Veins.
ore_ctrl: Deposits Sometimes Located At Fault Intersections.
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Venable, Margaret
hrock_unit: Upper Coyol Group-Basalts;Lower Coyol Group-Andesites And Dacites;Matagalpa Group-Volcanics
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyodacite
arock_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.
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:: 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
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