Past Producer

El Rosario

Guatemala
ZincSilverLead
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Description

Cipriano Gonzalez

Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsCerussite, Galena, Iron, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Ixcoy Formation
StructureMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10106487
MRDS IDW701827
Alternate namesRosario Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates15.7108, -91.63012
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. 96-97.KESLER, S.E., AND ASCARRUNZ-K., R., 1973, LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN CARBONATE ROCKS, CENTRAL GUATEMALA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 68, 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 ED., DENGO, G., AND CASE, J.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.CIMRIROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.