Mine detail: Torlon

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Location: Guatemala, North America
Lat / long: 15.37082, -91.52011
dep_id: 10106488
mrds_id: W701850
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENSES
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Chochal Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Miogeosyncline
disc_yr: 1755
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. 87-90.
  • 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, EDS., DENGO, G., AND CASE, J.E., GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.
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