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Monte De Oro

Past Producer in Nicaragua with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061678
MRDS ID TC34612
Record type Site
Current site name Monte De Oro
Alternate or previous names Montes De Oro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.76244, 13.8259 (WGS84)
Elevation 400
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 11 KM NNE OF SIUNA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Nicaragua

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Pyritic And Gossan Float

Analytical data

Result 8 SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.15 OZ AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.76244, 13.8259
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 12M
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Siuna

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW PROSPECTORS WORK THE ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS IN CANO MONTE DE ORO. BITS OF MACHINERY INCLUDING ROD MILL WERE FOUND IN THE CREEK BED OF MONTE DE ORO IN THE WSW BRANCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON, G.A., 1948, THE GEOLOGY OF LA LUZ MINES LTD. AND NORTHEASTERN NICARAGUA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR LA LUZ MINING CO., 23 P.

  • Deposit

    MCINTOSH, R.T., 1982, EXPLORATION SIUNA, 7 P.

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    VENABLE, M., 1992, PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS.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