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Ixtahuacan Mine

Producer in Huehuetenango, Guatemala with commodities Tungsten, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021665
MRDS ID DE00354
Record type Site
Current site name Ixtahuacan Mine
Alternate or previous names Annabella Mine, Los Lirios Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.81012, 15.46082 (WGS84)
Relative position TOWN OF IXTAHUACAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huehuetenango(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Huehuetenango

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Supergene, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Tactic
    Rock description Tactic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.81012, 15.46082
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anicline Cut By Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 3000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Year of first production 1968
Year of last production 1981

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minas De Guatemala S.A.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEVENS, R.F., JR., 1973, TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1973, VOL. I, METALS, MINERALS AND FUELS, P.1259.

  • Deposit

    STAFF MINING JOURNAL, 1985, GUATEMALA, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P.358.

  • Deposit

    WEYL, R., 1980, GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL AMERICA, BERLIN, GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, 371 P.

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, E.M.AND KESLER, S.E., 1969, HIGH TEMPERATURE TELESCOPED TUNGSTEN-ANTIMONY MINERALIZATION, GUATEMALA, MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, VOL. 4, P. 65-71.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1986, GUATEMALA, INTERNATIONAL MINING, VOL. 3, NO. 8, AUGUST, 1986, P. 144.

  • Deposit

    GUILLEMETTE, N., AND WILLIAMS-JONES, A.E., 198-, NATURE AND ORIGIN OF SB-W MINERALIZATION AT IXTAHUACAN, GUATEMALA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMERICA ABSTRACTS, P. A5.

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECHNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.

  • Production

    STAFF, 1986, GUATEMALE, INTERNATIONAL MINING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 07-MAR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

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