Lake Izabel Nickel Deposit - Guatemala

Occurrence in Guatemala with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Production statistics
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096171
MRDS ID W002654
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Izabel Nickel Deposit - Guatemala

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.08338, 15.41749 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTH SHORE OF LAKE IZABEL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guatemala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.08338, 15.41749

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1977

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Period 1970-1980
    Material NI MATTE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^75% Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Nickel Nickel 75wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE RESERVE ARE SUFFICIENT FOR PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING OF 21,000 M.T.P.Y. NICKEL IN MATTE FORM. MINING MAGAZINE GIVES GRADE OF ORE AS 1.5 TO 2.1% NI.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 20000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.5 wt-pct Nickel Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHIDESTER, 8/76 , (USGS), REPORTS THAT PROVED ORE RESERVES ARE STATED NOMINALLY TO BE A FEW HUNDRED MILLION TONS, BUT TOTAL RESERVES ABOVE A CUTOFF AT THE USUAL VALUE OF 1 % NI, ARE MANY BILLIONS OF TONS.
  • SEE RESERVES ONLY COMMENTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK - METALS SOURCEBOOK, 5/20/74, ITEM #B2845

  • Deposit

    THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1973 ANNUAL REPORT, P.15

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL, 4/74, P.37

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK 4/30/73, P.7,5) AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 11/12/75, P.1.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET,11/12/75.

  • Deposit

    CHIDESTER, A. H., 8/76 , THE NICKELIFEROUS ORE BODY AND THE MILL OF EXIMBAL AT LAKE IZABAL, GUATEMALA: APPENDIX 3 TO- REPORT ON TRIP AND VISITS TO COSTA RICA, NICARAGUA, AND GUATEMALA BY ABOVE AND MILLER, RALPH L., 8/76

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORACIONES Y EXPLOTACIONES MINERAS IZABEL, S.A. (EXMIBAL), INTERNATIONAL NICKEL CO. OF CANADA'S MAJORITY-OWNED GUATEMALAN SUBSIDIARY, HAS BEGUN (AS OF 4/20/74) CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST STAGE OF A MULTI-PHASE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS NICKEL PROJECT NEAR LAKE IZABEL. THE COST OF THIS FIRST PHASE, TO BE COMPLETED BY 1978, IS ESTIMATED AT SOME $90 MILLION. E/MJ, 10/68, GIVES 40 YEARS AS LENGTH OF MINING GRANT, AND STATES THAT RESERVES SHOULD BE ADEQUATE TO SUSTAIN OPERATIONS FOR THAT PERIOD.AMM,11/12/75-ENGINEERING 92% COMPLETE, CONSTRUCTION 42% COMPLETE. ...A. H. CHIDESTER (USGS) 8/76 , INDICATES MILL AND REFINERY WELL ALONG IN CONSTRUCTION, EXPECTED TO BE IN OPERATION BY SPRING - 1977 . MILL CAPACITY, HE SAYS, IS 8,000 TPD ORE, TO RUN INITIALLY AT 1.9 % NI AT MILL HEAD. ACCOMODATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL FLOW LINE EXIST. END PRODUCT IS NICKEL MATTE, 75 % NI, 25 % SULFUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Pierce, Herbert A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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