Banbanita

Occurrence in Nicaragua with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061681
MRDS ID TC34615
Record type Site
Current site name Banbanita
Alternate or previous names Banbana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.3666, 13.91756 (WGS84)
Elevation 80
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position BANBANITA IS 3 KM ESE OF ROSITA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Nicaragua

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLES GAVE 8.6 G/T, 2.1 G/T AND TRACE AU, A LITTLE AG, AND NO CU. HOWEVER, BOTH O'ROURKE AND THE HUNTING SURVEY MENTION CU MINERALIZATION.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.3666, 13.91756

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 75M
    Width 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosita

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'ROURKE, J., 1966, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN NICARAGUA, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    HUNTING SURVEY CORPORTATION LTD., 1964, UNITED NATIONS AERIAL GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITE DISSEMINATED THROUGH A ZONE ABOUT 30 X 75 M.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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