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El Dorado-La Virgen

Producer in Nicaragua with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061679
MRDS ID TC34613
Record type Site
Current site name El Dorado-La Virgen
Alternate or previous names Mina Victoria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.78327, 13.78423 (WGS84)
Elevation 220
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position EL DORADO IS 5 KM N OF SIUNA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Nicaragua

Comments on the location information

  • CERRO LA VIRGEN AND LOW HILLS TO SOUTH ALONG WEST SIDE OF RIO MATIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Epidotization, Chloritization, Carbonatization Of Igneous Rocks. Sediments In La Virgen Have Been Altered And Silicified.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.78327, 13.78423
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Ne Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Subsidiary Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE, EW
    Dip STEEPLY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Subsidiary Faults And Fractures Related To Large Ne Striking Fualt?

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS ARE STRONGLY FOLDED, STRIKING NNE ALONG RIO MATIS AND EW IN CANO LA VIRGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Siuna

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL WORKINGS ARE SMALL, MADE BY LOCAL PROSPECTORS WHO WORK INDIVIDUALLY OR IN INFORMAL COLLECTIVES. WASHED IN SLUICE BOXES. SMALL ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS WORKED IN CANO EL DORADO AND CANO SPRINGER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VENABLE, M., PERSONAL OBSERVATION FROM FIELD SITE VISIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINGERNAIL SIZED FLAT FLAKES OF GOLD ARE COMMONLY RECOVERED IN SOME DIGGINGS. THEY MAY REPRESENT VEINLETS OF GOLD. SOME GOLD BEARING (NOT VISIBLE GOLD) QUARTZ COBBLES HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE SURFACE BUT NO QUARTZ VEINS HAVE BEEN SEEN IN PLACE. PROBABLE SMALL, IRREGULAR, VERY RICH STRINGERS. MAY BE A LARGER BODY IN CERRO LA VIRGEN STRIKING NW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Venable, M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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