Mine detail: Potosi Mine

Location:	San Miguel, El Salvador, North America
Lat / long:	13.7009, -88.34003
dep_id:	10106486
mrds_id:	W701817
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold
Reporter:	Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type:	Rhyolite
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. 193. Deposit:: SWANQUIST, G.A., 1941, EL SALVADOR: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 1941, P. 155. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: SWANQUIST (1941).