Malachate Prospect

Occurrence in Choluteca, Honduras with commodity Manganese
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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057162
MRDS ID TC01650
Record type Site
Current site name Malachate Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.09333, 13.57924 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 18 MILES E OF PESPIRE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Choluteca(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Choluteca

Comments on the location information

  • 500 FT NE OF QUEBRADA RUBEN PROSPECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.09333, 13.57924

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N-S
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Mesilla Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOW GRADE, HIGH SILICA, SMALL TONAGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 136-137

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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