El Chanco

Occurrence in Chiquimula, Guatemala with commodity Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10057267
MRDS ID	TC01762
Record type	Site
Current site name	El Chanco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-89.43534, 14.74807 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)
Relative position	2 MILES S OF CERRA DE TICANLU, BETWEEN CHIQUIMULA AND OLOPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chiquimula(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Guatemala	Chiquimula

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-89.43534, 14.74807	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC01762

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 72
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	FLOAT BOULDERS OF ORE IN SOIL

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.