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El Majon Area

Producer in Chiquimula, Guatemala with commodity Bentonite
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107191
MRDS ID TC40404
Record type Site
Current site name El Majon Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.48367, 14.67779 (WGS84)
Elevation 1090
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Chiquimula

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SAN JACINTO VILLAGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAY TO GRAYISH GREEN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Cristobalite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result B10E: 14.20% AL2O3, 71.57% SIO2, 2.03% CAO, 0.33% TIO2, 1.28% K2O, 1.17% MGO, 2.02% FE2O3, 0.15% P2O5, 2.17% NA2O, 5.19% LOI. B1OW: 14.38% AL2O3, 70.17% SIO2, 0.33% CAO, 1.70% K2O, 1.08% FE2O3, 9.08% LOI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.48367, 14.67779
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Ore body information

  • Name of the ore body B10E
    Dip }}}
    Thickness 5M
    Width 30M
    Length 50M
  • Name of the ore body B10W
    Dip }}}
    Thickness 5M
    Width 80M
    Length 100M
  • Dip }}}
    Thickness 3M
    Width 20M
    Length 30M
  • Dip }}}
    Thickness 3M
    Width 15M
    Length 20M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINEABLE RESERVE, T=TOTAL NUMBERS REFER TO ORE BODY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS TC40404

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOU, SUN-AN, 1993, ASSESSMENT REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN GUATEMALA: MINING TECHNICAL MISSION FROM ENERGY AND RESOURCE LABORATORIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF CHINA, REPORT NO. 06-3-83-006, 196 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 10 DEPOSITS, 4 OF WHICH HAVE OPERATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey