Mine detail: Palacaguina

Previously called 'La CadenaLa Minita'

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Location

Lat / long:

13.47591, -86.43331

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Ore:	Pyrite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR AND IRREGULAR PODS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Totogalpa Formation;Matagalpa Volcanics
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Strongly Deformed Folds, Oriented Sw-Ne. Quartz Filled Fractures Generally About Perpendicular To Schistosity And Fold Orientation.
Alteration processes:	Some Alteration And Disseminated Stibnite Mineralization In The Schist Outwards From The Veins.

References

MRDS	W702065
DEP	10086139
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:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 47-48.}{Deposit:: SALAMIS, C., 1965, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION IN THE PALACAGUINA ANTIMONY AREA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA MINERAL SURVEY, SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL, 8 P.}{Deposit:: ZOPPIS-BRECCI, L., 1957, GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION DE PALACAGUINA Y DE SU DEPOSITO DE ANTIMONIO: MANAGUA, BOLETIN DEL SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA, NO. 1, P. 29-34}{Deposit:: LAGUNA, T., 1957, INTERPRETACION GEOFISICA DEL ESTUDIO EFECTUADO EN PALACAGUINA: BOLETIN DEL SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA, NO. 1, P. 35-37.}
Reporter	Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J., Venable, Margaret