Description
Traditional Prospectors
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead
SecondaryCopper
Deposit
Deposit typeQUARTZ BRECCIA VEINS
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlFAULTS; ORE SHOOTS OFTEN IN VEIN JUNCTIONS AND BRANCH POINTS; SECOND ENRICHMENT IN OXIDE ZONE (50-100 M)
Geology
StructureTHREE UPTHROWN BLOCKS WITH VEINS SEPARATED BY 2 DOWNTHROWN BLOCKS; EW DIP-SLIP FAULTS WITH SMALL TO MODERATE HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT; PALEOCALDERA STRUCTURES?
AlterationSLIGHT WALLROCK REPLACEMENT, ALTERATION ABUNDANT, OXIDATION TO 50-100 M BELOW SURFACE
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID60001316
MRDS IDTC01710
Alternate namesBonanza Mining District, Neptune-Eden (Bonanza) Group, Pioneer-Lone Star Group, Constancia Group, Culebra, Hidden Treasure, Philadelphia, Morning Star, Venus No. 2, Tesoro, Vesubio, Pioneer Atlas, Washington, Jebir, Guillermira, San Antonio, Corral, Comal
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates14.0009, -84.63324
References
INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 AND 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. 187-188.BURN, R.G., 1969, THE PIS-PIS GOLD MINING DISTRICT OF NORTHEAST NICARAGUA: MINING MAGAZINE V. 120, NO. 3, P. 169-175.BURN, R.G., 1973, GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION IN NORTHEASTERN NICARAGUA: PUB. GEOL. DEL ICAITI, NO. IV, 1973.KONDAKOV, L.A., AND NABROVERKOV, O.S., 1983, PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE METALLOGENY OF NICARAGUA AND IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NOUK SSSR, SERIYA GEOLOGICHESKAYA, V. 1983, P. 91-104.