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El Tajado Mine

Occurrence in Santa Ana, El Salvador with commodities Iron, Copper, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057197
MRDS ID TC01687
Record type Site
Current site name El Tajado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.43589, 14.41115 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF SAN JUAN, NEAR LA CERBITA
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Geographic areas

Country State
El Salvador Santa Ana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Magnetite Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metapan Formation
    Rock description Metapan Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.43589, 14.41115
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Metapan Dostroct

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rene Keilhauer

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUTS AT SUMMIT OF SMALL HILL WITH 260 FT LONG CROSS-CUTTING ADIT ABOUT 20 FT BELOW HILL TOP IN 1943.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS TC01687

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 76-77

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANODIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey