Santo Domingo

Past Producer in Chontales, Nicaragua with commodities Gold, Silver, Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001858
MRDS ID W702074
Record type District
Current site name Santo Domingo
Alternate or previous names Jabali, San Gregorio, Estrerella, San Antonio, San Benito, Consuelo, Nancite, La Tranca, Quintero, Los Alpes, El Carmen, El Dulci Nombre, San Pedro, El Sudan, Tamagas, Amparo, La Chispa, El Escandalo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.08325, 12.25517 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position SET OF SEMI PARALLEL E TO ENE STRIKING VEIN SYSTEMS CENTERED ON TOWN OF SANTO DOMINGO (LAT/LONG GIVEN ABOVE) EXTENDING 4 KM E AND W OF TOWN., ACC +/- 10 SEC, ACC +/- 10 SEC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chontales(province)

Nicaragua(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Nicaragua Chontales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) KAOLINIZATION
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) PROPYLITIC

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.08325, 12.25517

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name NORMAL FAULTING
Structure description NW-SE NORMAL FAULTS
Type of structure Regional
Structure name THRUST FAULTING
Structure description HIGH ANGLE THRUST FAULTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1850

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 AND 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. 189.

  • Deposit

    LILLJEQUIST, ROBERT, AND HODGSON, GLEN, 1983, STRUCTURES AND ROCK FORMATIONS RELATED TO PRECIOUS METAL VEIN DEPOSITS IN NICARAGUA: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, INMINE.

  • Deposit

    SUNDBLAD, DRISTER, 1985, TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN THE NICARAGUAN AURIFEROUS DEPOSITS - A RECONAISSANCE STUDY: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, SOAB, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    DARCE, MAURICIO, 1987, GEOLOGIA DEL DISTRITO MINERO LA LIBERTAD, NICARAGUA: REVISTA GEOL. AMER. CENTRAL, VOL. 7, P. 65-82.

  • Deposit

    KONDAKOV, L.A., AND NABROVERKOV, O.S., 1983, OCNOVPYYE CHERTY METALOGENII NIKARAGUA (PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE METALLOGENY OF NICARAGUA): IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK SSSR, SERIYA GEOLOGICHESKAYA, V. 1983, P. 91-104.

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA FILES (85001) DATE 1/58.

  • Deposit

    U.S. EMBASSY MANAGUA, 1993, A LOOK AT NICARAGUA'S MINING SECTOR: DEPARTMENT OF STATE CABLE, 8/93.

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, D.M., 1989, REPORT ON THE LA LIBERTAD-SANTO DOMINGO DISTRICT, CHONTALES PROVINCE, NICARAGUA, JUNE 22, 1989: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 28 P.

Beyond USGS

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