La Florinda

Past Producer in Huehuetenango, Guatemala with commodities Antimony, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057081
MRDS ID TC01329
Record type Site
Current site name La Florinda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.7779, 15.43693 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 KM N OF IXTAHUACAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huehuetenango(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Huehuetenango

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Tactic Formation
    Rock description Tactic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.7779, 15.43693

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 30NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Carlos Cernuda
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNTS FOR PILOT MILL IN IXTAHUACAN.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN FAULT ZONE OF 3 PARALLEL MINERALIZED FAULTS SEPARATED BY UP TO 30 M OF BARREN GROUND; EXTENSION FRACTURES IN FAULT PLANES ARE MINERALIZED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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