Mine detail: La India

Previously called 'PesaderoCristalitosLa India MineLa India VeinOther Veins Include: AmericaGuapinolSan JuanEspinitoBuenos AiresLa VirginChorro 1Chorro 2San LucasDos HermanosPilarJicoteAmalloChoporroTerezaConstancia'

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Location

Lat / long: 12.75095, -86.29998

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Cobalt
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Upper Coyol;Lower Coyol;Matagalpa Group
Host type:Basalt
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Large Ne Strike Slip Faults Displaced, Local Nw-Se Normal Faults, Some Poorly Defined Folds, One With Ne Axis
Tectonic:Chortis Block
Alteration processes:Silicification, Argilization, Propylization

References

MRDSW702055
DEP10086129
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: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 189.}{Deposit:: SUNDBLAD, KRISTER, 1985, TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN THE NICARGUAN AURIGEROUS DEPOSITS - A RECONAISSANCE STUDY: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, SGAB, 12 P.}{Deposit:: LILLJEQUIST, ROBERT, AND HODGSON, GLEN, 1983, STRUCTURES AND ROCK FORMATIONS RELATED TO PRECIOUS METAL VEIN DEPOSITS IN NICARAGUA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, INMINE, 63 P.}{Deposit:: KONKAKOV, L.A., NABROVENKOV, O.S., 1983, OCNOVNYYE CHERTY METALOGENII NIKARAGUA: ISVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK SSSR, SERIYA GEOLOGICHESKAYA, V. 1983, P. 91-104.}{Deposit:: ANON, 1992, NICARAGUAN PRIVITIZATION: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1992, V. 319, NO. 8190, P. 175.}{Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY MANAGUA, 1993, A LOOK AT NICARAGU* MINIG SECTOR: DEPARTMENT OF STATE CABLE, 8/93.}{Deposit:: CHRISTIE, BRIAN, 1994, TRITON BOOSTS RESERVES AT NICARAGUAN MINE: THE NORTHERN MINER, V.80, NO. 31, P.1.}{Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL (1992).}
ReporterBliss, James D., Page, Norman J., Venable, Margaret