El Salto District

Prospect in Atlantico Nort, Nicaragua with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001345
MRDS ID TC34616
Record type District
Current site name El Salto District
Alternate or previous names Mistrook, Mistruk, San Juan, John's Creek, Long Creek, La Boca, Palenque, Jim Pan, Yy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.55823, 13.87589 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position DOWN RIVER ALONG THE YY (WAY) RIVER FROM FORMER DAM/HYDROELECTRIC PLANT. LAT LONG GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR CENTRALIZED LOCATION. THE DEPOSIT ACTUALLY RANGES FROM 13-51-00N TO 13-54-00N AND FROM 084-32-00W TO 084-35-00W. LOCATIONS FOR PROSPECTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: SAN JUAN PROSPECT 13-52-15N, 084-34-30W; LAS BOCAS (PALENQUE) 13-53-15N, 084-32-30W; JIM PAN 13-52-15N, 084-32-15W., ACC +/- 15 SEC FOR PROSPECT LOCATIONS GIVEN BELOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Atlantico Nort(province)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Nicaragua Atlantico Nort

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) ARGILLIC

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.55823, 13.87589

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name EL SALTO DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'ROURKE, J., 1966, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN NICARAGUA, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    MEILLON, J.J., 1970, REPORT-GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL RECONNISSANCE-NICARAGUA CONCESSION, JAN-APR., 1970, MINERALES ASOCIADOS, 15 P.

  • Deposit

    MCDONALD, 1946, MEMORANDUM REPORT ON PROSPECTS IN NORTHEASTERN NICARAGUA, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL, 1957, RESUMEN DE LOS RECONOCIMIENTOS DE ZONAS MINERALIZADAS: MANAGUA, BOLETIN DEL SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACINOAL DE NICARAGUA, P. 9-12, MAP.

Beyond USGS

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