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El Anono No. 1 Mine

Past Producer 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057307
MRDS ID TC01807
Record type Site
Current site name El Anono No. 1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.79287, 15.03917 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES E OF JOYABAJ, 2 1/2 MILES NE OF PACHALUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Quiche(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Quiche

Comments on the location information

  • ON FINCA EL RETIRO ON HILLS WEST OF THE SALAMA-COBAN HIGHWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

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) -90.79287, 15.03917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-N15W
    Dip VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • S END OF PIT HAS PEGMATITE ZONE 12-15 FT WIDE WITH CRUSHED MICA IN VEIN 4-18 IN THICK, AND OTHER VEIN OF PERTHITIC FELDSPER CONTAINING MICA BOOKS 6-8 IN IN DIAMETER; N END OF PIT HAS BOOKS UP TO 14 IN IN DIAMETER, BUT ARE FRACTURED AND REPLACED BY QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pachalum District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Manuel Begua 1925-1928; Augusto Poitevin 1943-1944

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION 1928-1942

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT WORKED IN WWII

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT

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. 152

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA = 100 SQ FT

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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