El Uno

Occurrence in Nicaragua with commodities Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061688
MRDS ID TC34622
Record type Site
Current site name El Uno
Alternate or previous names Campo Uno, Palo De Mango

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.73327, 13.76757 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position SIUNA/LA LUZ - 6 KM SW OF EL UNO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Nicaragua

Comments on the location information

  • JUST N OF "PRESA 3" (PALO DE MANGO), ONE OF THE SMALL DAMS WHICH FORMS THE SYSTEM OF DRINKING WATER SUPPLY FOR SIUNA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result AN ASSAY CERTIFICATE IN THE FILES OF DONALD SPENCER, GEOLOGIST AT LA LUZ MINE IN THE 1940'S, REPORTED 1.35 OZ/TON AU FOR A SAMPLE FROM EL UNO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.73327, 13.76757

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Siuna

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VENABLE, M., 1992, PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY SILICIFIED/MINERALIZED ZONES ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES. SOME TRACKS ARE SEEN LEADING OUT OF AN OLD TUNNEL MOUTH - NOW COLLAPSED. GOLD CAN BE PANNED IN SUB-ECONOMIC QUANTITIES FROM THE STREAMS AND SOILS IN THE AREA. SILICIFIED ZONES WITH MINOR GALENA ARE SEEN IN A STREAM BED OUTCROP AND DRILL CORES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.