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Cano El Once

Occurrence in Nicaragua with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061677
MRDS ID TC34611
Record type Site
Current site name Cano El Once
Alternate or previous names El Once

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.78744, 13.78201 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position CANO ONCE IS ABOUT 5 KM N OF SIUNA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Nicaragua

Comments on the location information

  • IN UPPER REACHES OF CANO ONCE AND TRIBUTARIES W OF EL DORADO AND S OF CERRO LA VIRGIN. LAT LONG GIVEN IS FOR CENTRALLIZED LOCATION. DEPOSIT ACTUALLY RANGES FROM 13-46-15N TO 13-47-30N AND FROM 084-46-45W TO 084-47-45W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.78744, 13.78201
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 3000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD PROBABLY DERIVED FROM THE EL DORADO DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Siuna

Comments on the workings information

  • GOLD RECOVERED IN SLUICE BOXES. WORKED BY SMALL NUMBER OF MINERS, INDIVIDUALLY OR IN SMALL GROUPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VENABLE, M., 1992, PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Venable, M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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