Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondaryZinc, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Chochal Formation
StructureMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1755
Identification
Deposit ID10106488
MRDS IDW701850
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates15.37082, -91.52011
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. 87-90.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, EDS., DENGO, G., AND CASE, J.E., GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.CIMRIROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.