Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model90: Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formPOLYGONAL, PENCILLIKE, WEDGE, COMPLEX DIGITATED, DOUBLY CONVEX
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockChert,Basalt
Associated rockDiabase
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10084826
MRDS IDW700039
Alternate namesZuhoj Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates15.55081, -89.71674
References
USGS BULLETIN 1693, P. 131.ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 75, P. 1053-1065.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, 1991, MINING PROSPECTS IN GUATEMALA: MINING JOURNAL, V. 317, NO. 8143, P. 276-277.ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 57-58.CIMRIMINING JOURNAL, LONDON, 1991, P. 276-277.