Mine detail: El Rosario

Previously called 'Rosario Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 15.7108, -91.63012

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Ore: Cerussite, Galena, Iron, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1917

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Ixcoy Formation
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW701827
DEP10106487
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. 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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