Mine detail: El Rosario

Previously called 'Rosario Mine'

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Location: Guatemala, North America
Lat / long: 15.7108, -91.63012
dep_id: 10106487
mrds_id: W701827
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cerussite, Galena, Iron, Pyrite, Sphalerite
conc_proc: Oxidation To At Least 75 Ft From Surface
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Ixcoy Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Miogeosyncline
disc_yr: 1917
discr: Cipriano Gonzalez
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. 96-97.
  • Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., AND ASCARRUNZ-K., R., 1973, LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN CARBONATE ROCKS, CENTRAL GUATEMALA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 68, P. 1263-1274.
  • Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., LEVY, E., AND MARTIN F., C., 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. H., THE CARIBBEAN REGION ED., DENGO, G., AND CASE, J.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.
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