Caquipec

Occurrence in Guatemala with commodities Lead, Zinc, Cadmium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085945
MRDS ID W701821
Record type Site
Current site name Caquipec

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.23008, 15.41082 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guatemala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Cadmium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.23008, 15.41082

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1961
    Material CON
    Description Ap_Grade: ^59% Pb + Zn & Cd
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Lead Lead 59wt-pct

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

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, 1991, MINING PROSPECTS IN GUATEMALA: MINING JOURNAL, V. 317, NO. 8143, P. 276-277.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, 1991, P. 276-277.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Pierce, Herbert A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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