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San Juan Telpaneca

Past Producer in Madriz, Nicaragua with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086143
MRDS ID W702071
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan Telpaneca
Alternate or previous names There Are 40 Veins, Some Are: La Sultana, La Fortuna, Candelaria, San Juan Viejo, Santo Tomas, La Experiencia, Poltran, Tamagas, Lourdes, Santo Domingo, La Conchita, Las Brisas, Zapote, Santa Maria, El Coyolar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.22776, 13.52869 (WGS84)
Elevation 950
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 150 KM N OF MANAGUA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madriz(province)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Nicaragua Madriz

Comments on the location information

  • TOWN OF SAN JUAN DE TELPANECA ON SOME MAPS. SAN JUAN DEL RIO COCO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU ALSO FOUND IN SILICIFIED WALLROCK AT SANTO TOMAS AND SAN JUAN VIEJO. PB AND ZN CAN BE LOCALLY MORE ABUNDANT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Silicification Of Host Rock

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.22776, 13.52869
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 300M
    Width 2.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In Shear Zones In Phyllites

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • AS MANY AS 50 OLD SMALL-SCALE WORKINGS.

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

    CERRON, R., 1969, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE NICARAGUA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, INDUSTRIA Y COMERCIO, SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    LEVY, E., 1970, METALOGENESIS EN AMERICA CENTRAL: PUB. GEOL. ICAITI, P. 17-57.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY 2 VEINS CONSIDERED TO BE POSSIBLY ECONOMIC. ONE IS SANTA MARIA 1.2-2.5 M WIDE, 200 M LONG, 0.5 OZ/T AU. THE OTHER IS LA SULTANA. EL COYOLAR IS REPORTEDLY ANOMALOUSLY WIDE, UP TO 9 M, AND 500 M LONG, BUT HAS LOW GOLD VALUES. SOME PLACER DEPOSITS ARE ALSO REPORTED IN THE VACINITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

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

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