Mine detail: Hormiguero Mine

Previously called 'GallardoHomigueroAnd Guadalupe Veins'

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Location: San Miguel, El Salvador, North America
Lat / long: 13.53091, -88.06002
dep_id: 10106485
mrds_id: W701812
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Page, Norman J., Bliss, James D.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
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:: 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.
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