Mine detail: Macuelizo 1

Previously called 'Veins Include: Santa ElenaCarrizoMi NervaVenusVenadoDe La Soledad IiiLa Tajona ILa Tajona IiLa Tajona IiiLa Tajona IvAustaCulebraVoladoraLa CabullaAnd La Muda'

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Location: Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long: 13.69257, -86.56666
dep_id: 10086134
mrds_id: W702060
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Ferberite, Huebnerite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Wolframite
gangue: Chalcopyrite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
ore_ctrl: Veins Deposited In Tensional Fractures
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Venable, Margaret
hrock_unit: Totogalpa Formation;
hrock_type: Andesite,Granite
arock_type: Schist
Structure: Tensional Fractures N60e And E-W, Some N75w
tectonic: Dipilto Uplift, Chortis Block
disc_yr: 1957
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:: ZOPPIS-BRACCI, L., 1961, ESTUDIO PRELIMINAR DE LAS MINERALIZACIONES DE TUNGSTENO Y MOLIBDENO DE MACUELIZO, DEPARTMENTO DE NUEVA SEGOVIA, BOLETIN DEL SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA, NO. 5, P. 33-52.
  • Deposit:: ECHAVARRI-PEREZ, A., AND RUEDA-GAXIOLA, J., 1962, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO ECONOMICO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE TUNGSTENO Y MOLIBDENO DE MACUELIZO, NUEVO SEGOVIA: BOLETIN DEL SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA, NO. 6, P. 23-43.
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