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Toloxcoco Mine

Past Producer in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala with commodity Quartz
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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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057285
MRDS ID TC01782
Record type Site
Current site name Toloxcoco Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.52953, 15.05834 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position NEAR VILLAGE OF CHIRRUM, 7 MILES SW OF RABINAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baja Verapaz(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Baja Verapaz

Comments on the location information

  • ON SLOPE OF HILL KNOWN LOCALLY AS CUMATZA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIAMETER TO LENGTH = 4:1, RADIO QUALITY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Chlorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.52953, 15.05834
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 30-50SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 10.67M
    Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Rabinal Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Toriello Brothers , H. J. Nicol , Raul Perdomo And Carlos Guzman
    First year 1921

Comments on the production information

  • 1941 - 8.17 LBS GRADE 2, 13.04 LBS GRADE 3; 1943 - 37.52 LBS GRADE 1, 7.49 LBS GRADE 2, 41.42 LBS GRADE 3

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. 166

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GASH VEINS ARRANGED IN ECHELON, FINELY TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ WITH EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS LINING CAVITIES

Reporter information

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

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