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La Cabrera Mine

Past Producer in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala with commodity Mica
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057290
MRDS ID TC01789
Record type Site
Current site name La Cabrera Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.77092, 15.04695 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 AIRLINE MILES NW OF GRANADOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baja Verapaz(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Baja Verapaz

Comments on the location information

  • 2 1/2 MILES NW OF NUEVA WELLINGTON MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BROWNISH GREEN BOOKS AVERAGE 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER UP TO 18 INCHES, SOME RULED AND BENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.77092, 15.04695
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 40-50SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Agua Caliente District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Benz, Adolfo
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • 800 LBS BOOK MICA YIELDED 245 LBS OF SHEET MICA FROM CUT 40 FT X 6 FT

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS, ONE FILLED IN 1944

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. 159

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PEGMATITES PARALLEL TO FOLIATION IN SCHIST; SECOND NE IS 12 X 30 FT LONG WITH SCATTERED BOOKS OF MUSCOVITE

Reporter information

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

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