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Mataquescuintla Mine

Past Producer in Santa Rosa, Guatemala with commodities Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085957
MRDS ID W701835
Record type Site
Current site name Mataquescuintla Mine
Alternate or previous names Santisimo Sacramento, Includes Properties Santiago and Mercedes Mines, El Rosario, Los Ocotes, And Magdalena Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.14008, 14.51086 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 45 MILES SE OF GUATEMALA CITY, 2.5 MILES SE OF MATAQUESCUINTLA, 2 MI N OF SAN RAFAEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Rosa(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Santa Rosa

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST SLOPE OF SIERRA DE MATAQUESCUINTLA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ROSARIO LEVEL, 0.01-6.19 OZ/TON AU, 7.2-59.9 OZ/TON AG ON 6-20 FT FACES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.14008, 14.51086
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 60NW
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 144.78M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA CONTAINS INTERCALATED RHYOLITIC AND ANDESITIC TUFFS AND FLOWS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1694
Discoverer Jesuits

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crowe, Mr. E. W.
    First year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jesuits, Pre-1871 As Santisimo Sacramento Mine
    Last year 1871
  • Type Operator
    Owner Col. Cabrillo, Built Small Amalgamation Plant
    First year 1871
    Last year 1887
  • Type Operator
    Owner Conde And Cabarros (Guatemalen Co.)
    First year 1887
    Last year 1890
  • Type Operator
    Owner Samayca, Jose Maria
    First year 1890
  • Type Operator
    Owner F. L. Crew And R. H. Beckley
    First year 1908
    Last year 1914
  • Type Operator
    Owner M. M. Co.
    First year 1915
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bracewell, Jesse M.
    First year 1967

Production statistics

  • Year 1889
    Material AG
    Description Ap_Grade: ^300 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 8471g/mt
  • Year 1919
    Material ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8.6 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.77% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 243g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • (1) 20-STAMP MILL OF CONDE AND CABARRUS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED THIS AMOUNT; JESUIT PRIESTS MINED OXIDIZED ORE FOR AG UP TO 1871. AG FROM AGCL ORE APPEARS HIGH.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE OF MATERIAL COULD BE SELECTIVELY MINED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SANTIAGO AND SAN RAFAEL TUNNELS, WINZES, DRIFTS, EL ROSARIO LEVEL

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. 56-57.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS USUALLY LESS THAN 4 IN WIDE, FEW AS MUCH AS 1 FT, INTERSECTIONS UP TO 3 FT, VEINS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED USUALLY SEVERAL FT APART; SILICIFIED TUFF BETWEEN VEINS IS IMPREGNATED WITH PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE
Deposit UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITA ; 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-JAN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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