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San Juan Mine

Past Producer in Santa Ana, El Salvador with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085942
MRDS ID W701818
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.37006, 14.29087 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 7 MILES SE OF METAPAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Ana(province)

El Salvador(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
El Salvador Santa Ana

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIO CASAQUASTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.37006, 14.29087
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 22.86M
    Length 79.25M
    Width 33.53M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1917
Production years APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION 1917 TO 1931 OR 32, PRODUCTION BEGAN AGAIN IN 1951

Mining district

District name Metapan District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Keilhauer, Rene

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^38.14% Pb, 12.76% Zn, 6.65 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 188g/mt
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 13wt-pct
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 38wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION 1917 TO 1931 OR 32. INACTIVE TO 1951 WHEN PRODUCTION BEGAN AGAIN IN 1951.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M
    Overall length 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADITS, WINZE, ON 2 LEVELS

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. 74-76.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 180 ACRES; ORE IS IN POCKET, NODULES AND VEINLETS
Deposit UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITI ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

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