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Monte Mayor Mine

Past Producer in Morazan, El Salvador 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085940
MRDS ID W701815
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Mayor Mine
Alternate or previous names Monte Mayor, Santa Gertrudia, Carao, Tempisque, Banadeto, Las Tunas Veins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.97002, 13.7009 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES NE OF DIVISADERO MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morazan(province)

El Salvador(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
El Salvador Morazan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.97002, 13.7009
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Benjamin Gonzalez
    First year 1945

Comments on the production information

  • $233,818 OF PRODUCTION OVER A 3 YEAR PERIOD. PRODUCED ABOUT 60 TONS PER DAY PRE WWI.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 60 T/DAY ; ECON.COM: 10-STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 192.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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