La Adilia Mine

Past Producer in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala with commodity Mica

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10057294
MRDS ID	TC01794
Record type	Site
Current site name	La Adilia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-90.75703, 15.02417 (WGS84)
Elevation	1128
Location accuracy	500(meters)
Relative position	ABOUT 2 MILES NNE 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

3 MILES SW OF EL CHOL ON RIDGE S OF RIO AGUA TIBIA

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Mica	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

MICA BOOKS 6 INCHES TO 2 FEET IN DIAMETER, AVERAGED 12 INCHES

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 > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

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

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-90.75703, 15.02417	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form IRREGULAR

General form	IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No
Production years	1920'S TO EARLY 1930'S

Mining district

District name	Agua Caliente District

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Eduardo Aparillo

First year 1945

Type	Operator
Owner	Eduardo Aparillo
First year	1945

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC01794

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 157
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	(1)IRREGULAR PEGMATITE HAS OUTER ZONE OF FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ, AND CORE OF QUARTZ (17 FT WIDE, 85 FT LONG); MICA CAME FROM AREA ON EAST SIDE OF CORE (4 FT X 15 FT); ANOTHER SHOOT WAS 80 FT LONG, 20 FT WIDE, AND 40 FT DEEP. (2) NE STRIKING AND NW DIPPING PEGMATITE CUTS HORNBLENDE SCHIST WITH FOLIATION OF NW STRIKE AND SW DIP.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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