Santo Tomas

Occurrence in Chinandega, Nicaragua with commodities Gold, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062447
MRDS ID TC35910
Record type Site
Current site name Santo Tomas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.90277, 13.18843 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chinandega(province)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Nicaragua Chinandega

Comments on the location information

  • ONE SITE (AU, ZN, CU) LOCATION GIVEN ABOVE. ANOTHER SITE (CU) LOCATION 13-10-10N, 086-54-55W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Matagalpa Or Lower Coyol Group;Lower Coyol Group Dacites
    Rock description Matagalpa Or Lower Coyol Gp;Lower Coyol Gp Dacites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.90277, 13.18843

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cinco Pinos Region

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VALREY, GLEN HODGSON, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF CINCO PINOS QUADRANGLE, 2855-IV, 1:50,000 SCALE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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