Mine detail: Monte Carmelo

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location:	Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long:	13.96756, -84.4166
dep_id:	10086138
mrds_id:	W702062
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Minor mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Hematite, Magnetite
orebody_fm:	LENSES, VEINS
model:	62: Skarn Fe
alteration:	Epidotization Of Intrusives Near Contact; Less Commonly Chlorite And Garnets; Sericitization And Kaolinization Of Host Rock Next To Mineralization; May Be Post-Mineralization (Bergoechea).
ore_ctrl:	Presence Of Sediments In Area May Have Been Critical To The Formation Of The Large Lenses.
Reporter:	Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J., Venable, Margaret
hrock_type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
disc_yr:	1920
discr:	Garbrecht (?)
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:: GARBECHT, L., 1920, NEW MINING FIELDS IN EASTERN NICARAGUA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, APR. 3, 1920. Deposit:: BERGOECHEA, A., 1963, DISTRITO MINERO DEL NOROESTE (NW MINING DISTRICT): SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA, BOL. NO. 7, P. 13-50. Deposit:: ZOPPIS DE SERA, R., 1957, EL YACIMIENTO DE HIERRO DE MONTE CARMELO: BOL. NO. 1, SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE NICARAGUA. Deposit:: BERGOECHEA, A.J., 1961, REPORTE SOBRE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE HIERRO DE MONTE CARMELO DEPTO. ZELAYA (PRELIMINAR): SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA, 31 P. Deposit:: HUNTING SURVEY CORP., 1964, U.N. AERIAL GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA, PART II - INTERPRETATION. Deposit:: *OURKE, J., 1966, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF NE NICARAGUA, 43 P. Reserve-Resource:: GARBRECHT, 1920; ZOPPIS DE SERA, 1957; BERGOECHEA, 1961.