Mine detail: El Corpus Deposits

Previously called 'Pastor, Rondondo, Cuadrado, Paco, Torcido, Elisa Sin Nombre, La Pila,Mines: Clavo Rico, Armando Williams, Benjamin Williams, La Gloria,Clavo Rico ConcessionRebecca, El Rey, CoronaVeins Candelaria, Oveja, El Ray, Rebecca, Zona La Reina.'

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Location: Honduras, North America
Lat / long: 13.28092, -87.02
dep_id: 10085998
mrds_id: W701881
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Calaverite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Goethite, Hematite, Quartz
alteration: Silicification, Pyritization Argillic Alteration, Oxidation And Development Of A Hematitic Breccia.
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Matagalpa Formation;Matagalpa Formation
hrock_type: Pyroclastic Rock
disc_yr: 1550
prod_yrs: 19TH CENTURY
References:
  • Analytical Data:: GOSSE (1990)
  • Deposit:: INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & 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: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 181-182.
  • Deposit:: GOSSE, RICARDO, 1990, GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON HONDURAN GOLD PROSPECTS: IVANHOC CAPITAL CORPORATION UNPUBLISHED REPORT MAY 10, 1990, 20 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: GOSSE (1990).
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