Santo Domingo

Past Producer in Guatemala with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085966
MRDS ID W701845
Record type Site
Current site name Santo Domingo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.48011, 15.44082 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/3 MILES SW OF SAN CRISTOBAL, NEAR LA CAPELLANIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guatemala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Analytical data

Result PB ISOTOPE DATA ON 2 GALENAS IN KESLER AND OTHERS (1990)
Result 3 FT OF 0.4 OZ/TON AG, 12.8% PB, 3.1% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chochal Formation
    Rock description Chochal Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.48011, 15.44082

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Miogeosyncline

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70-85SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1672
Year of first production 1672

Mining district

District name Coban District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera De Guatemala ; Minerales Nacionales, S. A.
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • YIELDED A SMALL, BUT UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF LEAD; IN 1949 REOPENED AS A SOURCE OF IRON ORE FOR SMELTER FLUX, BUT ONLY SMALL TONNAGE WAS MINED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1948
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 12 wt-pct Lead Major 1948
    Zinc Zn 3 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1948
    Silver Ag 11.294 g/mt Silver Minor 1948

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 42.67M
    Overall width 18.29M

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. 102.

  • Deposit

    BLOUNT, D.N., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE CHAIANTLA QUADRANGLE, GUATEMALA: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, PH.D. THESIS, 135 P.

  • Deposit

    KESLER, S.E., AND ASCARRUNZ-K., R., 1973, LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN CARBONATE ROCKS, CENTRAL GUATEMALA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 68, P. 1263-1274.

  • Deposit

    KESLER, S.E., LEVY, E., AND MARTIN F., C., 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, VOL. H, THE CARIBBEAN REGION ED., DENGO, G, AND CASE, J.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG HIGH ANGLE FAULT WHICH FAULTED CHOCHAL AGAINST RED BEDS OF TODOS SANTOS.
Deposit UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: COLONIAL TIMES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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