Los Limones Mine

Past Producer in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala with commodity Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057284
MRDS ID TC01781
Record type Site
Current site name Los Limones Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.45315, 14.93973 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SE OF EL CHOL

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; ONE CRYSTAL WEIGHED 52 LBS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Rutile Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hornblende Mica Schist Altered To Redish-Brown Clay

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.45315, 14.93973

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name El Chol Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carlos Guzman

Comments on the production information

  • 13.56 LBS GRADE 1, 187.41 LBS GRADE 2, 36.62 LBS GRADE 3

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 40 FT LONG, 6 TO 10 FT DEEP

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS IN 2 OVAL-SHAPED POCKETS

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.