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Macuelizo 2

Past Producer in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  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 10086135
MRDS ID W702061
Record type Site
Current site name Macuelizo 2
Alternate or previous names Sites Include: San Jose, La Cabana Del Fondo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.61249, 13.65229 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 170 KM NNW OF MANAGUA, 19 KM W OF OCOTAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nueva Segovia(province)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Nicaragua Nueva Segovia

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR TOWN OF MACUELIZO. LATITUDE RANGES FROM 13-35-45N TO 13-37-45N AND LONGITUDE RANGES FROM 086-38-30W TO 086-39-45W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GUAPINOL: 0.18 G/T AU, 263 G/T AG. LAS ANIMAS: 246 G/T AG, 0.15 G/T AU - SAMPLES FROM OLD WORKINGS DUMPS
Result 150 G/T AG, 7.5% ZN - 3 DRILL HOLES. LAS CALPULES: INDICAITONS OF AU, 15 G/T AG. CANADA DEL FONDO: TRACE AU, 15 G/T AG. SIQUIA: TRACES OF AU, 35 G/T AG. LA CARBONERA: TRACE AU, 26 G/T AG. LOMA ALTA Y DIVISIDORA: TRACE AU, 4 G/T AG. SAN JOSE: 0.35 G/T U, 238 G/T AG. LA MISERCORDIA: SAMPLE IN PLACE, 314 G/T AG, 0.25 G/T AU
Result SAMPLES FROM DUMP, 68 G/T AG, TRACES AU. LA LAVADERO: SAMPLES FROM DUMPS, 0.10 G/T AU, 92 G/T AG
Result CORE SAMPLE GAVE 0.25 G/T AU, 314 G/T AG. GUADALUPE: TRACE AU, 48 G/T AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Totogalpa Formation;;
    Rock description Totogalpa Formation;;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.61249, 13.65229
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name GENERAL
    Strike }N60W}}}}N40E}}N20W}N-SW}}}N65W}}}
    Dip }}}}}50NW}}50SW}}}}51SW}}}
    Length 50M
    Width 1.2M
  • Name GUAPINOL
    Strike }N60W}}}}N40E}}N20W}N-SW}}}N65W}}}
    Dip }}}}}50NW}}50SW}}}}51SW}}}
    Width 0.7M
  • Name LAS ANIMAS
    Strike }N60W}}}}N40E}}N20W}N-SW}}}N65W}}}
    Dip }}}}}50NW}}50SW}}}}51SW}}}
    Width 2.7M
  • Name LOS CALPULES
    Dip }}}}}50NW}}50SW}}}}51SW}}}
    Width 5M
  • Name PEORES NADA
    Dip }}}}}50NW}}50SW}}}}51SW}}}
    Width 2.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MICA SCHISTS IN CONTACT WITH GRANITE. LARGE XENOLITHS OF SCHIST ARE HOST ROCK FOR TAJUNA II-IV. N30W DIORITE DIKES PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE-1960

Mining district

District name Macuelizo 2, Dipilto Region

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 ABANDONED MINES AND 2 PROSPECTS IN AN AREA 2.5 X 5 KM. PEORES NADA AND GUADALUPE ARE PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • KNOWN AND WORKED AS SILVER MINES AT TIME OF SPANISH CONQUEST. STRICTLY SMALL MINERS AND PRIMITIVE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES. LARGELY ABANDONED IN EARLY 1960'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    CERRON (1969).

  • 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

    LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, LA METALOGENESIS EN AMERICA CENTRAL: PUB. GEOL. ICAITI, P. 17-57.

  • Deposit

    PINEIRO-RAMIREZ, R., AND ROMERO-MARTINEZ, S., 19 , RECONOCIMIENTO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE LA PORCION NORESTE DE LA REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA, P. 50-91.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ZOPPIS-BRACCI, LUIGI, 1960, VIEJAS MINAS DE PLATA EN MACUELIZO: BOLETIN DEL SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA, NO. 4, P. 39-59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LA MINITA: QUARTZ VEINS WITH PYRITE. LOM ADE ZACATE: NO TRACE OF MINERALIZATION. SIQUIA: QUARTZ VEIN, ZONES OF PURE PYRITE IN VEIN UP TO 40 CM WIDE. LA CARBONERA: QUARTZ VEIN AND MALACHITE. LOMA ALTA Y DIVISIDORA: POOR MINERAL CONTENT. SAN JOSE, LA MISERCORDIA, LAVADERO, LAS ANIMAS, AND EL GUAPINOL ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT DEPOSITS.

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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