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Santa Lucia Mine

Past Producer in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala with commodity Quartz
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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. 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 10104375
MRDS ID TC01780
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Lucia Mine
Related records 10057282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.47648, 14.96056 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1/2 MILE E OF EL CHOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baja Verapaz(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Baja Verapaz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIO-QUALITY QUARTZ, GRADE 3, HAS MINUTE FRACTURES, BUBBLES, CHLORITE INCLUSIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Biotite Schist Altered To Brownish Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.47648, 14.96056
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mining district

District name El Chol Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carlos Guzman
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 6.75 LBS GRADE 2, 166.66 LBS GRADE 3 (1943); 2.62 LBS GRADE 1, 37.27 LBS GRADE 2, AND 5.21 LBS GRADE 3 (1944).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 164-165

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PIT WITH BRANCHING VEINS OF MILKY QUARTZ (PIT 1). PIT 2 INTERSECTION OF 2 NW STRIKING, STEEPLY SW DIPPING, QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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