GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE COCO RIVER GEOPARK AREA OF MADRIZ, NICARAGUA

86°43'
30"
W 86°33'
0"W 86°22'
30"
W
Lithostratigraphic scheme LEGEND
non-volcanic deposits
CENOZOIC
1 Anthr
opogenic deposits (
ga r
ba ge deposits)1
5 QUAT ER NAR Y
2 Fluvia l gr
a ver
s a nd siudge (
cha nner
)2
Holocene
I
nter
mittentva lleysediments (
str
ea ms)5

µ
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2 1 Anthr
opogenic deposits (
wa ste)
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2
16 2 Fluvia l deposits:S a nd,gr
a vel,a nd blocks
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
222
222
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2 Fluvia l a ccumula tions ofgr
a ver
,sometimes with
cla yeysur fa ces,10-20meterovera lluvia npla in(
3)
23
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2 15
2 2 2 2 2 22 2 2 2 2 5 Fluvia l fa ndeposits:sa nd,cla y,gr
a vel
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2 Colluvioms,r edeposited cla ys,often
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2
with a ngula rcla sts (
6)
15
13
Pleistocene-
Holocene
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 6
2 24
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2 Mirador Cañón Seco
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2
13
6 Alluvia l pa leo-
fa ndeposits:sa nd,gr
a vel a nd blocks
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2 7
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2 Fluvia l a ccumula tions ofgra vel,move 28
7 La ndslide deposits
tha n30metr es a bove the a lluvia l pla in(
4) 15

4 Block sediments cla ys a nd mur

s of 24 Pleistocene
grea terla ndslide (
7) 23
13 13
22222
23
3 2 2 2 2 2 Fluvia l pa leoterra ces,level 2(+10-
20m) :sa nd a nd gr a vel
13 22222
22222
4 Fluvia l pa leoter
ra ce,level 1(+30m):sa nd a nd gr a vel
Cueva del Toro 13
Piedras Pintadas
4
17 NEOGENE
17
13°36'
0"N
7
13°36'
0"N M iocene
2 15 10
I
ntr
usive bodies a nd hypa byssa l
24
41 18
Lithostratigraphic scheme 5 El Krike
10 Por
phyr
ite r
hyolite
24
Northwest part of the map in the Cerro El Jicarito area 16 24 10 Tres señoritas
24 16 16 6

16 5
6
24 2 9 Da cite
6 6 2 6 6
17 28 24 6 2
Andesite,ba sa lta ndesite 2 17 15 5 17 24 6 6 24
18 6 17 24 2
8 Ba sa lt(
Dyke)
(uppera ndesites)18 12 18
5 7 17 28 6 28 28
7 28
15 15 5 2
2 15
7 5
15 6
6
6 6
6 6 M iddle M iocene -UpperM iocene
5 28 10
41 24 6
12 28 3 3
28 Somoto group - Upper part
Andesithic a gglomer
a tes (
block a nd a sh)12 15
12 23
28
6
28 6 28
17 6 6
6
6 3 3 28 24 6 2 1
1 Ba sa lt
6 6 2 5 24
28 5 6
26 23 28
16 I
gnimbr
ite ofr
hyolitic a sh (
16)
5 12 21 28 6 2
28
6
6 3 28 12 Da r
k-color
ed a ndesite a gglomer
a te (
flow "
block a nd a sh"
)
14 17 Cerro El Jiñote 2421 3
Ò
3
28 24 28
6
6
15 3 24 6 6
24 6
1
1 Ba sa lt(
11) 16
16
17
3 28 6
28 6
28 13 Da r
k color
ed r
hyolite ignimbr
ite,cr
ysta llocla stic
26 6
12 24 6 28
5 23 26 6
17 6 6 6
17 21 23 6
14 23 23 3 26 26 236 6 24 2 6
14 I
gnimbr
ite vitr
ophyr
ic fa cies,ca lcedunium spher
ulite
16 Gla ss ofr
hyolitic composition(
14) 17
23 23 3
24 5
2 6
6 26 6 6
6 6 3 3 6 23 26 6 24
17
12 6
5 26
23 6
6
Minas de Cuje 15 Light-
color
ed r
hyolite ignimbr
ite,well welded,homogeneous
15 Lightignimbr
ite r
hyolite,well wer
ded (
15) 12 22 22
5
3 26 23
23 6 2
23 11 11 3 22 22
6 26 21 5 23 29a
23 23 23 23
17 Phyr
ocla stic flow with lithics (
17) 63 3
3
26 22 2 6 16 Ashyignimbr
ite,poor
lycemented,r
hyolite (
"a sh flow"
)
5 6 23 23 2
23 7 6 6 23
21 5 6 6
3 26 6 6
16 23
21 3 6 21
22
6 23 23 29a 16a R hyolite ignimbr
ite with subor
dina te a ndesite wa shes
6
22 Andesithic a gglomer
a te,gr
a y-gr
een 6
18 3 23
21
23
23
6 23 23 23
(debris flow)( 22) 11
3 3 6
22
28 17 Pyr
ocla stic flow (
ignimbr
ite)ofa cid compositionwith a bunda ntlithics
6 23 6 20 21 23 2
6 20
3 22 13
23 23 23
11 6 3
18 21
8 21 22
Andesite,ba sa ltic a ndesites 3 6
3
5 23 23
Poza La Muta
24 18a Andesite,ba sa ltic a ndesite with ignimbr
ites a nd subor
dina te tuffs
6 23 21
(
lowera ndesites)( 23) 11 2
161523 4
21 6 2111
22 23 11
18 3 20 6
22 22
11
21
20 23
3 21 19 LowerM iocene -M iddle M iocene?
Árboles petrificados
11 3
23
11 5 23
23
5 1 Æ 20
21 Somoto Group - Lower part
11 22 22 3 5
16 3 23 21 5 20 23 19 Andesite br
eccia (
"block a nd a sh"
)

1
5
15
22

22
21 21
3 6
Æ 3
6
18
16
6
16
11
23
3 5
20
6 2 6 20 R hyoda cite ignimbr
ite
23
7
16
3 5
23
16 15 Æ
23
23 5

22
21 23
22 3 6
22 22 6
21 R edish a gglomer
a te flow ofa cid compositionwith a ndesite wa shes
6 6 23 19
5 18 19
6 3
18 22 5
23
Undiffer
entia ted Volca nic R ocks

Lithostratigraphic scheme 18
5 6
6 23
3
25
2
11
16
16
Aguas Calientes Æ 3
3 5 23 19
41 20
2 3
21a I
nter
media te intr
usive
5 3
East of Somoto Árboles petrificados 2 20 2
18 3 6
21 19
3 22

Andesite a gglomera tes (

pyr
ocla stic flow)
22
18
3 2 12
23
3
17 Æ Ò
3 5
3

3
20
2
21
21
21b La va a nd a gglomer
a te

19 16
23 22
3 3
19
21c Ba sa lta nd a ndesite
block a nd a sh (
19) 3
3 ó 5 3 3
6
5
1 3 21
16 16 22
Cañón de Somoto
16 16 2 5 2
22 23 22 21d Da cite ignimbr
ite a nd tuff,subor
dina te a gglomer
a te a nd a ndesite br
eccia
12 23 16
6 22
20 R hyolite a nd da cite ignimbr
ites, 18 5 16
23
2 22
2 21
21e Agglomer
a te a nd a ndesite
oftenbr echiform( 20) 11
56
11 15 16 16 21
16 16 3 11 6
3 11
11
R eddish a gglomer
a te (
21) 15
6
6
5
NEOGENE
16
21 7
8 Agglomera te with lithic a ndesite cla sts 3 16 18 16 19 UpperOligocene -LowerM iocene
26 16 23
(
La ha r
?)(
26) 12 23 Matagalpa Group
3 19
16 6
Andesite da m-ba sa lt(
8) 22 3 18 6 6 19
2 18 15 Montaña Tepsomoto 5
23 Andesite,ba sa ltic a ndesite
13°25'
30"
N 23 6 7
23 41 2
13°25'
30"
N
15 23 15
7
22 6
7 11 23
Andesite a gglomer
a te,gr
a y-
green 11
18
7
3
15
23a Andesite,ba sa ltic a ndesite,br
eccia ,tuffs
16
(debris flow,22) 22 23 12
6 7
Cerro Malacate 5
22 15
22 16 22 S ilver
-gr
eena ndesite br
eccia (
"debr
is flow"
)
323 16
7 12
15 3 15 11
23 16 7 26 La ha r
23 18a 7 16
16
22 11 11
Andesite a nd ba sa ltla va s Salto Negro
11 18a
2
6
Perfil del río Inalí PALEOGENE?
5 15 6
(
lowera ndesite)( 23) 22
23
6
18 7 Totogalpa Formation
18a 3
16
24 Qua r
tz conglomer
a te a nd sa ndstone

15 25 Andesite a gglomer
a tes

MESOZOIC
16a CR ET ACEOUS
9 23a
16
18a
7 Dipilto Batholith
16a
29a M uscovite gr
a nite a nd biotite gr
a nite
16a
PALEOZOIC
16 3 Las Segovias Metamorphic Complex (Palacagüina Group)
2
Laguna La Bruja
16a
16a
NUEVA SEGOVIA 28 Phyllite
Lithostratigraphic scheme 7
Nort-east part of the map Cerro Quisuca 30 La ter
iza tion
La Rueda
16a
13 R hyolitic ignimbr
ite,da r
k(13) El caracol 31 Volca nic r
ock blocks
16a
32 S ca tter
ed gr
a vel
3
1
18a

33 Cone ofdejection
TOTOGALPA
23 Andesite,ba sa ltic a ndesite (
lowera ndesite)(
23) SOMOTO
34 Geologica l a nd lithologica l conta ctunits

35 I
nfer
red geologica l a nd lithologica l conta ctunits
22 Andesithic a gglomer
a tes gr
a y-gr
een 21b
(debris flow)( 22) 16a
36 Petr
ogr
a phic tr
a nsitions

37 Pr
ovenfa ult
9 Da site intr
usions (
9)
25 Andesithic a gglomera tes (
25) 38 I
nfer
red fa ult
HONDURAS

T otoga lpa For

ma tionConglomer
a tes (
24) 39 Under
ground fa ult

SAN LUCAS 40
21c
KK K
M ilonitiza tion

K
Pa la ca guina For
ma tionphyllites (
28)
28 Cueva Aserrio
Mangas Verdes
41 Æ Active qua r
ry

27 Gr
eenschists (
27)
Piedra Orocuina
42 Ç T empor
aryuse Qua r
ry

LAS SABANAS 43 ó Ca ve

44 Existence offossil soils

3 ESTELI
45 Ò Pr
e-columbia na r
tifa cts founded

46 35 Dir
ectiona nd dipping ofstr
a ta

M APA 47 Dir
ection,dipping a nd linea r
iza tionofmeta mor
phic clea va ge
E CUS 20
ED 13°15'
0"N
13°15'
0"N J OS
SAN 48 1 2 Line ofgeologica l pr
ofile
21d
Legend ofthe geologica l ma pofthe Cocor ivergeopa r
k
CHINANDEGA Ela bora ted by:Vla dimirŽáček,Czech geologica l sur vey
T he number s follow the S omotogeologica l ma p(Žáček V,Přichysta l A,M lčoch B,Novák Z (
2004)

Lithostratigraphic scheme
Northern part of the map in the Mesas Alcayán area (The plateans)
21e

13 Da r krhyolite ignimbr ite (

13)
24
T otoga lpa For ma tionConglomer
a tes (
24)
REFERENCES:
21a
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ea (
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a gua )1:
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se r
hyolite intr
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Nica ra gua )1:
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Pa la ca guina For
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