El Salvador

Overview

Cu enrichment age 23 Ma; exotic mineralization 24 to 11 Ma. In concentrate: 8 ppb Pt; 16 ppb Pd. 5% of the deposit area is covered by alluvium.

Geological Context

Host Rock: aplite, breccia, dacite porphyry, granodiorite porphyry, latite dikes, rhyolite porphyry (43?41)

Resources & Operations

Operator: 92

Production Start: 1959

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS