San Pedro Landing Prospect

Occurrence in Toledo, Belize with commodities Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056636
MRDS ID TC00689
Record type Site
Current site name San Pedro Landing Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.87005, 16.38077 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Relative position NEAR SAN PEDRO LANDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Toledo(province)

Belize(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Belize Toledo

Comments on the location information

  • ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE
  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES ARE FOR APPROXIMATE CENTERPOINT OF THE STATE OF TOLEDO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result ANSCHUTZ (1978) FOLLOW-UP SOIL GEOCHEM SURVEY DISCOURAGING.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.87005, 16.38077

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • RELATED TO SUBVOLCANIC BODIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1976
Discoverer Anschutz Corp.

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Anchutz Corp

Comments on the workings information

  • DIGGINGS, SHAFTS, TUNNELS. THE DEEPEST WORKINGS ARE FLOODED. ADIT - DIOS PROTEJE VIEN

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT LOCATED ON BASIS OF STREAM SEDIMENT ZN BA PB AG ANOMALY
  • SHATWELL CONSIDERS STOCK TO HAVE A BULK GOLD POTENTIAL. HE TOOK NINE SAMPLES, WHICH DID NOT CONTAIN ANY AU OR AG, BUT CONTAINED LEAD & ARSENIC ANOMALIES (UP TO 670 & 440 PPM, RESP.) ; TOTAL$: 3.5 ; ECON.COM: CYANIDE PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUVIREN, A., 1978, MEMO: ANACONDA COPPER CO., 3 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST CYANIDE EXTRACTION PLANT IN THE COUNTRY PUT HERE BY ING. SABATIE. AMALGAMATION PLANT PUT IN IN THE 1940'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1975-78
Deposit 2 SECTORS SEPARATED BY SOME 350 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.