El Chorro Mine

Past Producer in Chiquimula, Guatemala with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057242
MRDS ID TC01733
Record type Site
Current site name El Chorro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.30589, 14.52169 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chiquimula(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Chiquimula

Comments on the location information

  • W OF SAN FERNANDO MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.30589, 14.52169

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Length 121.92M
    Width 76.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE STRIKES N75W, DIPS 10NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alotepeque District

Comments on the production information

  • CONCENTRATED AND CALCINATED ORE = ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CUTS AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 82

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

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.