Rio Paulaya

Past Producer in Olancho, Honduras with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057066
MRDS ID TC01314
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Paulaya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.49996, 14.46058 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est, Average, Est, Average

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Olancho(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Olancho

Comments on the location information

  • UPPER PARTS OF RIVER (PLACERS). LAT-LONG GIVEN ABOVE IS AN AVERAGE. LOCATED BETWEEN 14-19-18N AND 15-00-00N, AND BETWEEN 085-00-00W AND 085-58-34W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.49996, 14.46058

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HALEY, C.S., 1941, HONDURAS, PIONEER FRONTIER: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 142, NO. 6, P. 35-39.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, M.E., 1941, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 182-184.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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