Las Tablas Deposit

Past Producer in Guatemala, Guatemala with commodity Antimony
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057268
MRDS ID TC01763
Record type Site
Current site name Las Tablas Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.27064, 14.66752 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES E OF PALENCIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guatemala(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Guatemala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.27064, 14.66752

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Manuel Franco
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED THAT A POCKET WAS MINED AND SHIPPED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; OTHER PROSPECTS REPORTED TO BE NEARBY.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 7 FT LONG

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. 47

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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