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Los Tablones Prospect

Occurrence in 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057296
MRDS ID TC01796
Record type Site
Current site name Los Tablones Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.7976, 15.01973 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES SE OF JOYABAJ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guatemala

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE SW OF VOLCANCILLOS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA BOOKS ARE LIGHT-GREENISH BROWN UP TO 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER, STAINED BLACK AND RED, ARE WAVY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

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) -90.7976, 15.01973
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 40-70NW
    Length 60.96M
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE PARALLELS FOLIATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pachalum District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Poitevin, Augusto
    First year 1943

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "PROSPECT DOES NOT APPEAR PROMISING" FOR SHEET MICA

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. 156

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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