1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

San Sebastian Deposit

Occurrence in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057261
MRDS ID TC01755
Record type Site
Current site name San Sebastian Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.20397, 15.3886 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES N OF TUCURU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alta Verapaz(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Alta Verapaz

Comments on the location information

  • ON FINCA VINACOZ

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE: 15.8% PB, 36.7% ZN, 10.3 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.20397, 15.3886
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Length 24.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coban District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Artola Family

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1948
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 10.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1948
    Zinc Zn 22.1 wt-pct Zinc Major 1948
    Silver Ag 20.894 g/mt Silver Major 1948

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO EXPLORATION AS OF 1943.

Comments on development

  • NO EXPLORATION AS OF 1943

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. 104

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    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.

Maps centered on this site