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Palibatz 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057308
MRDS ID TC01809
Record type Site
Current site name Palibatz No. 1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.79704, 15.0439 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES E OF JAYABAJ, 6 MILES NW 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

  • N OF RIO MOTAGUA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA IS LIGHT BOTTLE GREEN, SPLITS WELL, SOFT HAIRLINE CRACKS; FAIR FLEXIBILITY; HIGH POWER FACTOR OF WET; DRIED 0.02-0.04 AT 100 KILO CYCLES. SOME BOOKS 5 FT IN DIAMETER, MOST 8-18 INCHES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION GIVEN BY ROBERTS AND IRVING (1957) FOR ORE SHIPMENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.79704, 15.0439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip 60-70E
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 67.06M
    Width 25.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE IS ZONED: (1) FOOTWALL ZONE: FELDSPAR-QUARTZ-GRAPHIC INTERGROWTHS AND INTERCRYSTALLIZED; MICA SPARSE WITH ONLY ONE SHOOT 4-5-WIDE, 15 FT LONG; (2) CENTRAL ZONE: QUARTZ LENS WITH COMMERCIAL SIZE MUSCOVITE 140 FT LONG X 30 FT WIDE; (3) HANGING WALL ZONE INTERCRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ-FELDSPAR AND MUSCOVITE 40 FT LONG X 6-15 FT WIDE AND DOWN DIP 40 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer Manuel Bergua And Ricardo Dublon

Mining district

District name Pachalum District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Manuel Beruga, M. D. Heyman, Leon Camponoue
    First year 1923
    Last year 1929
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Production Intermittent, Beru
    First year 1929
    Last year 1940
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Berugua
    First year 1940
    Last year 1944

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PART SHIPPED TO FRANCE AND GERMANY; MOST TO THE USA; FIRST SHIPPED AS SHEET, LATER AS WASHERS, CIRCLES, AND IRON PLANCHAS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WORK DONE SINCE 1943 (1957) STILL SHOWED MICA BOOKS IN FACE
  • EXPLORATORY WORK DONE IN WWI, NO SHIPMENTS OF ORE UP TO 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, 148-151 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE GIVEN FOR PEGMATITE
Deposit LONGEST DIMENSIONS OF LENSES IN SHEARED SERPENTINITE 1 FT
Deposit Discovery Year: WWI

Reporter information

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

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