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El Cipres No. 2 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. 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 10057303
MRDS ID TC01803
Record type Site
Current site name El Cipres No. 2 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.79704, 15.02528 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1/2 MILE W 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 BROWN-GREEN BOOKS, 4-30 INCHES IN DIAMETER, MANY ARE RULED AND FRACTURED, WAVY, FE OXIDE STAINED AND "A" STRUCTURES

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) -90.79704, 15.02528
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 40 SW
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE PARALLELS FOLIATION IN BIOTITE SCHIST, MAINLY FELDSPAR, BUT CONTAINS QUARTZ MASSES 3 FT WIDE, 10 FT LONG PARALLEL TO STRIKE, MICA IS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ MASSES

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 Owner
    Owner Candelario Roca
    First year 1943

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY NOT COMMERCIAL SHEET MICA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 12.19M
    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. 154

  • 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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