Mine detail: Pis Pis District

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

Location:	Atlantico Nort, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long:	14.0009, -84.63324
dep_id:	60001316
mrds_id:	TC01710
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Minor mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	QUARTZ BRECCIA VEINS
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
alteration:	SLIGHT WALLROCK REPLACEMENT, ALTERATION ABUNDANT, OXIDATION TO 50-100 M BELOW SURFACE
conc_proc:	MORE BASE METALS IN SW END OF DISTRICT, MORE GOLD TO NE. SEE INDIVIDUAL DESCRIPTIONS.
ore_ctrl:	FAULTS; ORE SHOOTS OFTEN IN VEIN JUNCTIONS AND BRANCH POINTS; SECOND ENRICHMENT IN OXIDE ZONE (50-100 M)
Structure:	THREE UPTHROWN BLOCKS WITH VEINS SEPARATED BY 2 DOWNTHROWN BLOCKS; EW DIP-SLIP FAULTS WITH SMALL TO MODERATE HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT; PALEOCALDERA STRUCTURES?
disc_yr:	1880
discr:	Traditional Prospectors
References:	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.