Rosario Mine, San Miguel, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemalai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Rosario Mine | Mine |
| San Miguel | - not defined - |
| Huehuetenango Department | Department |
| Guatemala | Country |
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| Location is approximate, estimate based on other nearby localities. | |
|---|---|
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 15° North , 91° West (est.) |
| Margin of Error: | ~14km |
| Locality type: | Mine |
| Köppen climate type: | Cwb : Subtropical highland climate or temperate oceanic climate with dry winters |
A lead mine located near the Coya river at 1,880 to 1,935 meters elevation. There were several adits and shafts, the Rosario adit accessed a few hundred meters of underground workings. Ore was mainly carbonates (cerussite/smithsonite?) emplaced in limestone with solution cavities. (The Bola de Oro mine shaft is about 250 meters away.)
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
| Central America | Region |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Reference: USGS Bulletin # 1034 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' Formula: (Fe,O,OH,H2O) Reference: USGS Bulletin # 1034 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 2 - SULFIDES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AmXp, with m:p = 1:1 | |||
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.8.1.1 | PbS |
| Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Limonite | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Limonite | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Limonite | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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