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La Virginia Mine

Occurrence in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala with commodity Mica
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057293
MRDS ID TC01792
Record type Site
Current site name La Virginia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.75787, 15.02917 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.3 MILES N OF GRANADOS

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

  • 1 MILE W OF LA CONSTANCIA WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BROWNISH GREEN BOOKS AVERAGE 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER, STAINED, RULING AND "A" STRUCTURE PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.75787, 15.02917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 12.19M
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MICA OCCURS AT CONTACT OF QUARTZ MASSES AND PEGMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Agua Caliente District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eduardo Aparicio And Jose Montufar (June
    Last year 1944

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PERCENTAGE OF RECOVERABLE MICA UNKNOWN (1944)

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW EXPLORATORY WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

Reporter information

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

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