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Los Volcancillos Prospect

Occurrence in Quiche, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057302
MRDS ID TC01802
Record type Site
Current site name Los Volcancillos Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.79621, 15.02084 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SW OF PACHALUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Quiche(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Quiche

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA BOTTLE GREEN BOOKS AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER, AVERAGE 8 INCHES; BADLY RULED AND STAINED WITH CLAY AND FE OXIDE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Mica Sericitized And Replaced By Quartz

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) -90.79621, 15.02084
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 80SW
    Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pachalum District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO MICA OF ECONOMICAL VALUE FOR SHEET MICA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW CUTS 35 FT AND 15 FT LONG

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. 154-155

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITES PARALLEL FOLIATION IN SCHIST, ARE TWO SEPARATE BODIES

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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