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San Joaquin Mine

Past Producer in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057266
MRDS ID TC01761
Record type Site
Current site name San Joaquin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.99038, 15.33138 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1 1/3 MILES S OF SAN CRISTOBAL ON SOUTH SLOPE OF CERRO CAJOJ ON FINCA SAN JOAQUIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alta Verapaz(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Alta Verapaz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result PB ISOTOPE DATA ON GALENA IN KESLER AND OTHERS (1990)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chochal Limestone
    Rock description Chochal Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.99038, 15.33138
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, POCKETS
    Strike N55W (1)
    Dip STEEP (1)
    Length 30.48M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coban District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT MINED PRE-1920.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN PITS, 200 FT OF UNDERGROUND AT SAN JOAQUIN. MINA VIEJA IRREGULAR UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND PITS,

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. 101-102.

  • Deposit

    KESLER, S.E., LEVY, E., AND MARTIN F., C., 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION, OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, VOL. H, THE CARIBBEAN REGION ED., DENGO, G., AND CASE, J.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO GROUPS OF WORKINGS (1) SAN JOAQUIN AND (2) MINA VIEJA

Reporter information

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

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