Cerro De Cobre

Occurrence in Madriz, Nicaragua with commodity 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10062444
MRDS ID TC35907
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro De Cobre
Alternate or previous names Cerro El Cobre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.50831, 13.47591 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madriz(province)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Nicaragua Madriz

Comments on the location information

  • SHOULD BE AROUND CERRO EL JICOTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Lower Coyol Group Volcanics (To South);Matagalpa Group Volcanics;Totogalpa Formation;Schists
    Rock description Lower Coyol Gp Volcanics (To South);Matagalpa Gp Volcanics;Totogalpa Formation;Schists
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.50831, 13.47591

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ruiz-Fuller Suggests Control By Circular Structures Which He Believes May Be Old Craters And Calderas. Inspection Of The Geologic Map Suggests That A Dimal Structure Is More Likely.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Grecia?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ-FULLER, C., 1971, INFORME PRELIMINAR SOBRE LA MUSION EN NICARAGUA (DESARROLLO MINERO CEPAL) SOBRE EL YACIMIENTO CERRO EL COBRE Y SAN JUAN DE LIMAY: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    BENGOCHEA, A., FERREY, C.J., RODERZO, E., AND WILLIAMS, R., 19 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOMOTO QUADRANGLE, 2856-II, 1:50,000 SCALE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLASTS IN BRECCIA FROM 5-30 MM, ANGULAR, A FEW SUBROUNDED, ALMOST ENTIRELY QUARTZ AND MUSCOVITE SCHIST, A FEW CLASTS OF VOLCANIC ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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