San Jose Mine

Past Producer in Chiquimula, Guatemala with commodities Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057248
MRDS ID TC01741
Record type Site
Current site name San Jose Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.43506, 14.52114 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chiquimula(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Chiquimula

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.43506, 14.52114

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Alotepeque District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Central American Mining Co. (1844-
    Last year 1867

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.