Mine detail: San Albino Mine

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

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Location: Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long: 13.6884, -86.08608
dep_id: 10106498
mrds_id: W702072
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: High Gold Values In Hard Quartz Only.
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J., Venable, Margaret
hrock_type: Phyllite,Schist
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Schistosity - Nw, At Intersection Of Nw Faults And Ne Fracture Zones
tectonic: Dipilto Uplift, Chortis Block
disc_yr: 1673
prod_yrs: 1922-1928
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. 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.
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