Mine detail: La India

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

Location:	Leon, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long:	12.75095, -86.29998
dep_id:	10086129
mrds_id:	W702055
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Trace mineral:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Cobalt
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
work_type:	Underground
alteration:	Silicification, Argilization, Propylization
Reporter:	Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J., Venable, Margaret
hrock_unit:	Upper Coyol;Lower Coyol;Matagalpa Group
hrock_type:	Basalt
arock_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
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:: 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).