Mine detail: Pis Pis District

Previously called 'VesubioTesoroCorralVenus No. 2Morning StarPhiladelphiaHidden TreasureCulebraConstancia GroupPioneer-Lone Star GroupNeptune-Eden (Bonanza) GroupBonanza Mining DistrictPioneer AtlasWashingtonComalJebirGuillermiraSan Antonio'

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Location

Lat / long: 14.0009, -84.63324

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Secondary: Copper
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: QUARTZ BRECCIA VEINS
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Structure:THREE UPTHROWN BLOCKS WITH VEINS SEPARATED BY 2 DOWNTHROWN BLOCKS; EW DIP-SLIP FAULTS WITH SMALL TO MODERATE HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT; PALEOCALDERA STRUCTURES?
Alteration processes:SLIGHT WALLROCK REPLACEMENT, ALTERATION ABUNDANT, OXIDATION TO 50-100 M BELOW SURFACE

References

MRDSTC01710
DEP60001316
Reference{Deposit:: INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 AND 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. 187-188.}{Deposit:: BURN, R.G., 1969, THE PIS-PIS GOLD MINING DISTRICT OF NORTHEAST NICARAGUA: MINING MAGAZINE V. 120, NO. 3, P. 169-175.}{Deposit:: BURN, R.G., 1973, GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION IN NORTHEASTERN NICARAGUA: PUB. GEOL. DEL ICAITI, NO. IV, 1973.}{Deposit:: KONDAKOV, L.A., AND NABROVERKOV, O.S., 1983, PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE METALLOGENY OF NICARAGUA AND IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NOUK SSSR, SERIYA GEOLOGICHESKAYA, V. 1983, P. 91-104.}