Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Scheelite, Stibiconite, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone · Tactic
StructureAnicline Cut By Faults
Tectonic settingCenozoic Convergent Plate Margin
AlterationSilicification, Supergene, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1968
Last production1981
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10021665
MRDS IDDE00354
Alternate namesAnnabella Mine, Los Lirios Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates15.46082, -91.81012
References
STEVENS, R.F., JR., 1973, TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1973, VOL. I, METALS, MINERALS AND FUELS, P.1259.STAFF MINING JOURNAL, 1985, GUATEMALA, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P.358.WEYL, R., 1980, GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL AMERICA, BERLIN, GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, 371 P.COLLINS, E.M.AND KESLER, S.E., 1969, HIGH TEMPERATURE TELESCOPED TUNGSTEN-ANTIMONY MINERALIZATION, GUATEMALA, MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, VOL. 4, P. 65-71.STAFF, 1986, GUATEMALA, INTERNATIONAL MINING, VOL. 3, NO. 8, AUGUST, 1986, P. 144.GUILLEMETTE, N., AND WILLIAMS-JONES, A.E., 198-, NATURE AND ORIGIN OF SB-W MINERALIZATION AT IXTAHUACAN, GUATEMALA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMERICA ABSTRACTS, P. A5.INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECHNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.STAFF, 1986, GUATEMALE, INTERNATIONAL MINING