Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Calaverite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Pyrrhotite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Gypsum, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTrachyte,Basalt
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
AlterationSilicification, Propylization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1673
Identification
Deposit ID10085943
MRDS IDW701819
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates13.6509, -87.93002
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. 191.WUENSCH, C.E., 1917, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN SEBASTIAN MINE, SALVADOR: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, SEPT. 8, 1917, P. 345-350.CIMRIROBERTS AND IRVING (1957); WUENSCH (1917).