Rio Chiquito Area

Past Producer in Zacapa, Guatemala with commodity Quartz
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099530
MRDS ID TC40420
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Chiquito Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.71257, 15.00085 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zacapa(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Zacapa

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR TECULUTAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 97.70% SIO2, 0.58% AL2O3, 0.82% FE2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.71257, 15.00085

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOU, SUN-AN, 1993, ASSESSMENT REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN GUATEMALA: MINING TECHNICAL MISSION FROM ENERGY AND RESOURCE LABORATORIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF CHINA, REPORT NO. 06-3-83-006, 196P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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