Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondarySilver, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlSteeply Southward Dipping E-W Trending Faults And Fractures Control Ore In San Miguel Workings, Ore Follows Bedding In The Rosario And San Juan Ore Bodies.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ixcoy Formation
StructureMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10085975
MRDS IDW701853
Alternate namesVilla Linda, Felicidad, Argentina Denouncement +/- 200 Acres, Villa Linda Contains San Juan, San Miguel, and Rosario Workings
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates15.68081, -91.56012
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. 97-99.KESLER, S.E., AND ASCARRUNZ K., R., 1973, LEAD-ZINC IN CARBONATE ROCKS, CENTRAL GUATEMALA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, P. 1263-1274.KESLER, S.E., LEVY, E., AND MARTIN F., C., 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, VOL. H, THE CARIBBEAN REGION, EDS., DENGO, G., AND CASE, J.E.: THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.CIMRIROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.