Aurora

Occurrence in El Paraiso, Honduras with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057050
MRDS ID TC01297
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.84999, 13.90089 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paraiso(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras El Paraiso

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 HOUR WALK FROM YUSCARAN TO THE SOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.84999, 13.90089

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yuscaran District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANON, 1939, REPORT ON THE YUSCARAN DISTRICT, HONDURAS, P. 10

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Pierce, Herbert A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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