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Verde Mine

Past Producer in Matagalpa, Nicaragua with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086146
MRDS ID W702075
Record type Site
Current site name Verde Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.81997, 12.90094 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES SE OF MATAGALPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matagalpa(province)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Nicaragua Matagalpa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.81997, 12.90094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.07M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Matacalpa Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wiley, J. A. And Others
    First year 1920
    Last year 1923

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. 190.

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 2 VEINS, ONE WITH AU, PB, AND CU, THE OTHER WITH AU ONLY, WIDTH = DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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