Deposit ID | 10085964 |
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MRDS ID | W701843 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | San Pantaleon |
Geographic coordinates: | -89.43006, 14.51086 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1350 |
Relative position | NEAR SOCORRO |
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Country |
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Guatemala |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Lead | Secondary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Galena | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Tetrahedrite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
(1) | -89.43006, 14.51086 |
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Strike | N75W |
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Dip | S STEEPLY |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Medium |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1672 |
District name | Alotepeque District |
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Type of workings | Underground |
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Overall depth | 167.64M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701843 |
INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.
ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 79.
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ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
Deposit | SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS |
Deposit | Discovery Year: SPANISH COLONIAL TIME |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-JUN-1990 | Bliss, James D. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Updater | 01-JAN-1992 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |