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

Lat / long:

13.69257, -86.56666

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Ferberite, Huebnerite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Chalcopyrite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1957

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Totogalpa Formation;
Host type:	Andesite,Granite
Associated type:	Schist
Structure:	Tensional Fractures N60e And E-W, Some N75w
Tectonic:	Dipilto Uplift, Chortis Block

References

MRDS	W702060
DEP	10086134
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:: 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.}
Reporter	Bliss, James D., Venable, Margaret