| Lat / long: | 13.91756, -84.39993 |
| Primary: | Copper, Gold, Silver |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Tenorite |
| Gangue: | Chlorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Pyrrhotite, Quartz |
| Discovery year: | 1906 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1906-1912; 1959-1971 |
| Host rock: | Metapan Formation;Yojoa |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated type: | Monzonite,Diorite,Andesite |
| Structure: | Miogeosyncline, Breccia Pipe In Center Of Pit? |
| Tectonic: | Chortis Block-Central Nicaraguan Uplift |
| Alteration processes: | Intense Ca, K, And Si Metasomatism; Alteration Of Calcareous Sediments To Marble Or Quartz-Garnet-Orthoclase Skarn, And Andesites To Epidote Skarn Or Siliceous Skarn. |
| MRDS | W702070 |
| DEP | 10086142 |
| 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. 62-63.}{Deposit:: BEVAN, P.A., 1973, ROSITA MINE - A BRIEF HISTORY AND GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION: CIM BULLETIN VOL. 66, NO. 736, P. 80-84.}{Deposit:: KONDAKOV, L.A., AND NABROVENKOV, O.S., 1983, PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE METALLOGENY OF NICARAGUA - IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK SSSR, SERIYA GEOLOGICH ESKAYAS V. 1983, P. 91-104.}{Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957; BEVAN, 1973; MINE RECORDS.} |
| Reporter | Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J., Venable, Margaret |