Mine detail: El Rincon Deposit

Previously called 'Includes Three Small DepositsBAnd C.'

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Location: Chiquimula, Guatemala, North America
Lat / long: 14.68946, -89.627
dep_id: 10110086
mrds_id: TC34632
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Kaolinite
gangue: Feldspar, Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Padre Miguel Group
hrock_type: Tuff
Structure: Jocotan Fault Zone.
References:
  • Deposit:: CHOU, SUN AN, 1993, ASSESSMENT REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN GUATEMALA: MINING TECHNICAL MISSION FROM ENERGY AND RESOURCE LABORATORIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF CHINA, REPOST NO. 06-3-83-006, 196P
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: CHOU (1993).
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