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Libertad and Magareta Prospects

Past Producer in Guatemala with commodity Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099383
MRDS ID TC01788
Record type Site
Current site name Libertad and Magareta Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.77203, 15.02306 (WGS84)
Elevation 1471
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES NW OF SAN RAFAEL SALTAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guatemala

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE TRENDING NORTHWARD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RUM-COLORED MICA BOOKS AVERAGE 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER WITH MAXIMUM OF 16 INCHES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Feldspar Altered To Clay Minerals

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.77203, 15.02306
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35-70W
    Dip NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Emilio Estrada And Domingo Soto , Augusto Poitevin
    First year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 160

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITES IN AREA OF 300 X 60 FT; LA LIBERTAD IS ABOUT 100 FT THICK; ONE SHOOT 40 X 5 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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