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Bola De Oro Mine

Past Producer in Huehuetenango, Guatemala with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057309
MRDS ID TC01810
Record type Site
Current site name Bola De Oro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.62734, 15.70913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1893
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 30 MILES NNW OF HUEHUETENANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huehuetenango(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Huehuetenango

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT EAST OF ROSARIO MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ixcoy Formation
    Rock description Ixcoy Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.62734, 15.70913
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70-80E
    Dip N
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Miguel District

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE IN 1944; SAMPLE ASSAYED 17.1% PB, 5.1 % ZN, AND 1.9 OZ/T AG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, 97 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS PARALLEL TO BEDDING

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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