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Kuikuinita

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061689
MRDS ID TC34623
Record type Site
Current site name Kuikuinita
Alternate or previous names Cuicuinita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.89994, 13.41759 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position SIUNA/LA LUZ - 37 KM NNE OF KUIKUINITA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Nicaragua

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLOR GRAY TO LIGHT RED; AFTER CALCINATION, LIGHT ORANGE, WHITENESS RANGES 32 TO 58; BULK DENSITY 0.47 TO 0.85 G/CU CM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.89994, 13.41759
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ARE ISOLATED DIATOMITE DEPOSITS PRODUCED BY EROSION AND TRANSPORTED. MAIN DEPOSITS COVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 3.5 KM; THERE ARE 3 LAYERS; UPPER LAYER IS 6 M, MIDDLE LAYER 6.8 M, AND LOWER LAYER 6.6 M. INTERVAL BETWEEN UPPER AND MIDDLE IS 16 M AND LOWER AND MIDDLE IS 4 M. OVERBURDEN LESS THAN 1 M. UPPER LAYER BEST QUALITY. THERE ARE 16 SEPARATE AREAS WITH AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 5-12 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Siuna

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHOU (1993) GIVES RESERVES FOR EACH OF THE 16 AREAS A MINEABLE RESERVE OF 1,114,000 METRIC TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, 1970, RE-CUICUIITA, MEMO TO MR. TOWER, 2 P.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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