Mine detail: Monte Carmelo

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 13.96756, -84.4166

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Hematite, Magnetite
Orebody form: LENSES, VEINS
Discovery year: 1920

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock
Alteration processes:Epidotization Of Intrusives Near Contact; Less Commonly Chlorite And Garnets; Sericitization And Kaolinization Of Host Rock Next To Mineralization; May Be Post-Mineralization (Bergoechea).

References

MRDSW702062
DEP10086138
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:: 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.}
ReporterBliss, James D., Page, Norman J., Venable, Margaret