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La Grecia

Past Producer in Esteli, Nicaragua 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086128
MRDS ID W702054
Record type Site
Current site name La Grecia
Alternate or previous names San Juan De Limay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.58749, 13.15093 (WGS84)
Elevation 480
Relative position 3 KM ESE OF SAN JUAN DE LIMAY. 115 KM NNW OF MANAGUA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esteli(province)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Nicaragua Esteli

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE RANGES FROM 13-09-00N TO 13-10-30N AND LONGITUDE RANGES FROM 086-33-45W TO 086-35-50W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVERAGE AU VALUE IS APPROXIMATELY 0.5 OZ/TON (SPENCER) OR LOW VALUE DISSEMINATED (CERRON).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE AU VALUE = 0.5 OZ/T (SPENCER) OR 'LOW VALUE-DISSEMINATED' (CERRON).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Lower Coyal Group
    Rock description Lower Coyal Gp

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.58749, 13.15093
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR OR INDEFINITE
    Length 800M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years WORKED UP TO 1925.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY FROM 1900-1925.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED UP TO 1925.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED OVER 800 M.

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

    CERRON, RAUL, 1969, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE NICARAGUA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, INDUSTRIA, Y COMERCIO, SERVICIO GEOLOGICA NACIONAL, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, DONALD N., 1948, GEOLOGIST OF LA LUZ MINES IN 1940'S, NOTES ON OLD GRECIA MAPS - 25/2/1948, MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, 2 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

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