Mine detail: Macuelizo 2

Previously called 'Sites Include: San JoseLa Cabana Del Fondo'

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Location: Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long: 13.65229, -86.61249
dep_id: 10086135
mrds_id: W702061
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Lead, Pyrite, Silver
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Venable, Margaret
hrock_unit: Totogalpa Formation;;
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Diorite
prod_yrs: PRE-1960
References:
  • Analytical Data:: CERRON (1969).
  • 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:: LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, LA METALOGENESIS EN AMERICA CENTRAL: PUB. GEOL. ICAITI, P. 17-57.
  • Deposit:: PINEIRO-RAMIREZ, R., AND ROMERO-MARTINEZ, S., 19 , RECONOCIMIENTO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE LA PORCION NORESTE DE LA REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA, P. 50-91.
  • Deposit:: CERRON, RAUL, 1969, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE NICARAGUA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, INDUSTRIA Y COMERCIO, SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL, 46 P.
  • Deposit:: ZOPPIS-BRACCI, LUIGI, 1960, VIEJAS MINAS DE PLATA EN MACUELIZO: BOLETIN DEL SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA, NO. 4, P. 39-59.
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