Mine detail: San Juan Telpaneca

Previously called 'Santo DomingoLa ConchitaLas BrisasZapoteSanta MariaEl CoyolarThere Are 40 VeinsSome Are: La SultanaLa FortunaCandelariaSan Juan ViejoSanto TomasLa ExperienciaPoltranTamagasLourdes'

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Location: Madriz, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long: 13.52869, -86.22776
dep_id: 10086143
mrds_id: W702071
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Some Silicification Of Host Rock
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins In Shear Zones In Phyllites
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Venable, Margaret
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Chortis Block - Dipilto Uplift
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:: CERRON, R., 1969, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE NICARAGUA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, INDUSTRIA Y COMERCIO, SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL, 46 P.
  • Deposit:: LEVY, E., 1970, METALOGENESIS EN AMERICA CENTRAL: PUB. GEOL. ICAITI, P. 17-57.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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