Mine detail: Santo Domingo

Previously called 'El SudanSan PedroJabaliEl Dulci NombreEl CarmenLos AlpesQuinteroLa TrancaNanciteConsueloSan BenitoSan AntonioEstrerellaSan GregorioTamagasAmparoLa ChispaEl Escandalo'

Location:	Chontales, Nicaragua, North America
Lat / long:	12.25517, -85.08325
dep_id:	60001858
mrds_id:	W702074
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Trace mineral:	Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Lead
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	EPITHERMAL VEINS
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
alteration:	KAOLINIZATION, SILICIFICATION, PROPYLITIZATION EXTENDING A FEW M TO TENS OF M FROM VEIN.
ore_ctrl:	INTERSECTIONS OF NE AND NW STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS POSSIBLY CONTROLLED THE LOCATION OF CALDERA STRUCTURES WHICH IN TURN WERE STRUCTURALLY FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUARTZ VEINS (A POPULAR THEORY BASED ON VERY LIMITED FIELD EVIDENCE). PROBABLY CONTROLLED BY REGIONAL LINEAMENTS BUT NOT CALDERA STRUCTURES. PROBABLY SAME SECONDARY ENRICHMENT IN GOLD IN HIGHER LEVELS.
Structure:	NW-SE NORMAL FAULTS, HIGH ANGLE THRUST FAULTS
disc_yr:	1850
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. 189. Deposit:: LILLJEQUIST, ROBERT, AND HODGSON, GLEN, 1983, STRUCTURES AND ROCK FORMATIONS RELATED TO PRECIOUS METAL VEIN DEPOSITS IN NICARAGUA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, INMINE. Deposit:: SUNDBLAD, DRISTER, 1985, TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN THE NICARAGUAN AURIFEROUS DEPOSITS - A RECONAISSANCE STUDY: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, SOAB, 12 P. Deposit:: DARCE, MAURICIO, 1987, GEOLOGIA DEL DISTRITO MINERO LA LIBERTAD, NICARAGUA: REVISTA GEOL. AMER. CENTRAL, VOL. 7, P. 65-82. Deposit:: KONDAKOV, L.A., AND NABROVERKOV, O.S., 1983, OCNOVPYYE CHERTY METALOGENII NIKARAGUA (PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE METALLOGENY OF NICARAGUA): IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK SSSR, SERIYA GEOLOGICHESKAYA, V. 1983, P. 91-104. Deposit:: ANACONDA FILES (85001) DATE 1/58. Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY MANAGUA, 1993, A LOOK AT NICARAGU* MINING SECTOR: DEPARTMENT OF STATE CABLE, 8/93. Deposit:: JENKINS, D.M., 1989, REPORT ON THE LA LIBERTAD-SANTO DOMINGO DISTRICT, CHONTALES PROVINCE, NICARAGUA, JUNE 22, 1989: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 28 P.