El Carmen

Occurrence in Santa Ana, El Salvador with commodity Copper
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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057191
MRDS ID TC01681
Record type Site
Current site name El Carmen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.44478, 14.38254 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position AT EL CARMEN 4 MILES N OF METAPAN, 1/2 MILE S OF CHAGUITE DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Ana(province)

El Salvador(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
El Salvador Santa Ana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.44478, 14.38254

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Metapan District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOW GRADE

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. 77-78

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN FRACTURES AND DISSEMINATED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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