Mine detail: Hormiguero Mine

Previously called 'GallardoHomigueroAnd Guadalupe Veins'

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Location

Lat / long:

13.53091, -88.06002

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

References

MRDS	W701812
DEP	10106485
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. 192.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Bliss, James D.