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Trapiche Viejo Mine

Past Producer in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala with commodity Quartz
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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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057282
MRDS ID TC01778
Record type Site
Current site name Trapiche Viejo Mine
Related records 10104375

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.47648, 14.96056 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baja Verapaz(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Baja Verapaz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIO QUALITY, MOST MILKY OR CLOUDY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.47648, 14.96056
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 80-85 NW
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Chol District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carlos Guzman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 7.62M

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. 165

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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