Mine detail: San Albino Mine

Previously called 'Includes San AlbinoEl GolfoAnd Agua De Arras Veins'

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Location

Lat / long:

13.6884, -86.08608

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1673

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1922-1928

Geology

Host type:	Phyllite,Schist
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Schistosity - Nw, At Intersection Of Nw Faults And Ne Fracture Zones
Tectonic:	Dipilto Uplift, Chortis Block

References

MRDS	W702072
DEP	10106498
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. 190.}{Deposit:: PIATT, R.R., 1937, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE SAN ALBINO MINES, SAN ALBINO DISTRICT, NEAR TOWN OF JICARO, DEPARTMENT OF NUEVA SEGOVIA - 9-11-37: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, 8 P.}{Deposit:: BUTTERS, C., 1933, LETTER TO MR. ARTHUR HANBURGER OF SAN FRANCISCO, CONCERNING THE SAN ALBINO MINE - AUGUST 4, 1933, 7 P.}{Deposit:: LEVY, E. 1970, LA METALOGENESIS EN AMERICA CENTRAL: PUB. GEOL. ICAITI, P. 17-57.}
Reporter	Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J., Venable, Margaret