Los Lerios

Past Producer in Huehuetenango, Guatemala with commodities Antimony, Tungsten

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10057082
MRDS ID	TC01330
Record type	Site
Current site name	Los Lerios

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-91.77512, 15.43832 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	2000(meters)
Relative position	2 KM N 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
Antimony Critical	Primary
Tungsten Critical	Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

(Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Rock unit name

Tactic Formation

Rock description

Tactic Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Permian

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-91.77512, 15.43832	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Strike N60E

Dip 30NW

Strike	N60E
Dip	30NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Carlos Cernuda

First year 1969

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Carlos Cernuda
First year	1969

Comments on the production information

PRODUCES SMALL AMOUNTS FOR PILOT MILL IN IXTAHUACAN.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC01330

Bibliographic references

Deposit

COLLINS, E.M., AND KELER, S.E., 1969, HIGH-TEMPERATURE TELESCOPED TUNGSTEN-ANTIMONY MINERALIZATION, GUATEMALA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 4, P. 65-71
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MINERALIZATION IN FAULT ZONE OF 3 PARALLEL MINERALIZED FAULTS SEPARATED BY UP TO 30 M OF BARREN GROUND; EXTENSION FRACTURES IN FAULT PLANES ARE MINERALIZED

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1992	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.