Mine detail: La Grecia

Previously called 'San Juan De Limay'

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Location: Esteli, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long: 13.15093, -86.58749
dep_id: 10086128
mrds_id: W702054
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR OR INDEFINITE
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Venable, Margaret
hrock_unit: Lower Coyal Group
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Nw Normal Faults
prod_yrs: WORKED UP TO 1925.
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:: CERRON, RAUL, 1969, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE NICARAGUA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, INDUSTRIA, Y COMERCIO, SERVICIO GEOLOGICA NACIONAL, 46 P.
  • Deposit:: SPENCER, DONALD N., 1948, GEOLOGIST OF LA LUZ MINES IN 194*, NOTES ON OLD GRECIA MAPS - 25/2/1948, MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, 2 P.
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