Mine detail: Distrito Minera El Quetzal

Previously called 'Miguel StopeEl Quetzal MineLino Stope'

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Location: Copan, Honduras, North America
Lat / long: 14.78085, -88.97005
dep_id: 10106489
mrds_id: W701891
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
gangue: Dolomite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEINS, VUGS, LENSES
model: 180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Reporter: Bliss, James D. (Translator), Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Diorite,Mica Schist,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Year first produced: 1941
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 39-44.
  • Deposit:: ELVIR, R., 1983, M.V.P. DE HONDURAS, SEE PLAN.
  • 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.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.
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