Loma Chamusca Deposit

Occurrence in Santa Barbara, Honduras with commodities Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057060
MRDS ID TC01307
Record type Site
Current site name Loma Chamusca Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.35003, 14.66753 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI S OF EL NISPERO BY TRAIL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Santa Barbara

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES RANGE FROM 1.0-3.6% CU, 4-12% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.35003, 14.66753

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, C.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 60

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGER ZONE PARALLELS BEDDING MORE LESS WHICH IS E-W WITH 55S DIP. VEINS ARE 3-4 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Page, Norman J. (Pierce, H. A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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