Santa Rosa
Past Producer

Mataquescuintla Mine

Santa Rosa, Guatemala
SilverCopper
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Description

Jesuits

Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1694
Identification
Deposit ID10085957
MRDS IDW701835
Alternate namesSantisimo Sacramento, Includes Properties Santiago and Mercedes Mines, El Rosario, Los Ocotes, And Magdalena Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates14.51086, -90.14008
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. 56-57.CIMRIROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.