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La Sara 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. 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057327
MRDS ID TC01831
Record type Site
Current site name La Sara Mine
Alternate or previous names Chelam, Chelamito

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.55122, 15.4336 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 25 MILES NW OF CHIANTLA, Acc +/- 2 Sec, Acc +/- 2 Sec

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huehuetenango(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Huehuetenango

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chochal Formation
    Rock description Chochal Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.55122, 15.4336
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 70SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chiantla-San Sebastian District

Comments on the production information

  • PB PRODUCED IN THE 1920'S, MINE NOT ACTIVE IN 1944.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 67.06M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on development

  • CHELAM ACTIVE ON SMALL SCALE IN 1967.

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. 92

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BANDED ORE, IN SHEAR ZONE NEARLY PARALLEL TO BEDDING; CHELAM IS 600 M W OF LA SARA MINE ON SAME STRUCTURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 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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