Mine detail: Potosi Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 13.7009, -88.34003

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Gold

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSW701817
DEP10106486
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. 193.}{Deposit:: SWANQUIST, G.A., 1941, EL SALVADOR: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 1941, P. 155.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SWANQUIST (1941).}
ReporterBliss, James D., Page, Norman J.