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El Rosario

Occurrence in Zacapa, Guatemala with commodity Manganese
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085951
MRDS ID W701828
Record type Site
Current site name El Rosario
Alternate or previous names La Cumbre Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.81007, 14.85085 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 6 MILES S OF LAS CABANAS, 1 MILE E OF ROSARIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zacapa(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Zacapa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.81007, 14.85085
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 91.44M
  • Dip STEEPLY
    Thickness 5.49M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P.141-142.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 NEARLY VEINS OF RHODONITE CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS ABOUT 1000 FT APART, 2 ARE 12 FT THICK, ONE 18 FT
Deposit UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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