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Monte Cristo 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085941
MRDS ID W701816
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.07002, 13.60091 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES E OF SAN MIGUEL ON INTER AMERICAN HIGHWAY

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
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.07002, 13.60091
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50 - 70 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1933

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Keilhauer, Rene And E. P. Thompson

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE $10 - $20 PER TON, CHIEFLY AG; IN 1941 TREATED ABOUT 65 TONS PER DAY OF AU-AG ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 11887.2M

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 100 T/DAY ; ECON.COM: CYANIDE MILL

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. 193.

  • Deposit

    SWANQUIST, G.A., 1941, EL SALVADOR: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 1941, P. 155.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957; SWANQUIST, 1941.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOTS SMALL, BUT SOME CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 100,000 TONS; SEVERAL PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS

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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