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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Upper Coyol — Basalt
- Associated rock
- Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
- Tectonic setting
- Chortis Block
Large Ne Strike Slip Faults Displaced, Local Nw-Se Normal Faults, Some Poorly Defined Folds, One With Ne Axis
Silicification, Argilization, Propylization
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Workings
- Underground
- Production size
- Small
Records and references
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. 189. SUNDBLAD, KRISTER, 1985, TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN THE NICARGUAN AURIGEROUS DEPOSITS - A RECONAISSANCE STUDY: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, SGAB, 12 P. LILLJEQUIST, ROBERT, AND HODGSON, GLEN, 1983, STRUCTURES AND ROCK FORMATIONS RELATED TO PRECIOUS METAL VEIN DEPOSITS IN NICARAGUA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, INMINE, 63 P. KONKAKOV, L.A., NABROVENKOV, O.S., 1983, OCNOVNYYE CHERTY METALOGENII NIKARAGUA: ISVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK SSSR, SERIYA GEOLOGICHESKAYA, V. 1983, P. 91-104. ANON, 1992, NICARAGUAN PRIVITIZATION: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1992, V. 319, NO. 8190, P. 175.U.S. EMBASSY MANAGUA, 1993, A LOOK AT NICARAGUA'S MINIG SECTOR: DEPARTMENT OF STATE CABLE, 8/93. CHRISTIE, BRIAN, 1994, TRITON BOOSTS RESERVES AT NICARAGUAN MINE: THE NORTHERN MINER, V.80, NO. 31, P.1. ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957. MINING JOURNAL (1992).
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10086129 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 12.75095, -86.29998
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
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