El Rodeo

Producer in Chiquimula, Guatemala with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065287
MRDS ID TC40408
Record type Site
Current site name El Rodeo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.6434, 14.68224 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chiquimula(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Chiquimula

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SAN JOSE LA ARADA VILLAGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Cristobalite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 12.38% AL2O3, 71.28% SIO2, 1.11% CAO, 0.99% TIO2, 0.34% K2O, 2.21% MGO, 0.81% FE2O3, 0.11% P2O5, 0.08% NA2O, 12.58% LOI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.6434, 14.68224

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 500M
    Width 250M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOU, SUN-AN, 1993, ASSESSMENT REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN GUATEMALA: MINING TECHNICAL MISSION FROM ENERGY AND RESOURCE LABORATORIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF CHINA, REPORT NO. 06-3-83-006, 196 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY 30% OF TUFF ALTERED TO BENTONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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