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San Pantaleon

Past Producer in Guatemala with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085964
MRDS ID W701843
Record type Site
Current site name San Pantaleon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.43006, 14.51086 (WGS84)
Elevation 1350
Relative position NEAR SOCORRO
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Geographic areas

Country
Guatemala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.43006, 14.51086
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Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip S STEEPLY

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1672

Mining district

District name Alotepeque District

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY CENTRAL AMERICAN MINING CO. IN 1844 WHO CEASED OPERATIONS BECAUSE OF WATER PROBLEMS AND LOWER GRADE ORE; 1911 PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY GUATEMALA MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO., INC. WHO BETWEEN 1912 AND 1914 DROVE AN ADIT TO INTERSECT VEINS BUT ABANDONED IT BEFORE COMPLETION. GRADE UNKNOWN BUT NEARBY VEINS REPORTED TO CONTAIN 45-1000 OZ AG PER TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADITS, TUNNELS EXPLORE VEIN SYSTEM

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W701843

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 79.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS
Deposit Discovery Year: SPANISH COLONIAL TIME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey