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Divisadero Mine

Past Producer in Morazan, El Salvador 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085938
MRDS ID W701811
Record type Site
Current site name Divisadero Mine
Alternate or previous names Divisadero, Matilde, San Francisco, Carolina, Protectora Veins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.06002, 13.60091 (WGS84)
Relative position AT VILLAGE OF DIVISADERO ON PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY 18 MILES W OF SANTA ROSA, 16 MILES E OF SAN MIGUEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morazan(province)

El Salvador(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
El Salvador Morazan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.06002, 13.60091
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 65

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Butters Divisadero Co.
    First year 1905
    Last year 1918
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner El Salvador Silver Mines
    First year 1919
    Last year 1922
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Central America Mines Inc.
    First year 1922

Comments on the production information

  • NO ACTIVITY SINCE 1923, MILL AND CYANIDE PLANT DISMANTLED BY 1941. MINED ABOUT 350 TONS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 191-192.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIVISADERO VEIN HAS LENGTH OF 2000 FT, 700 FT DOWN DIP OF DEVELOPMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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