El Rusio

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057168
MRDS ID TC01656
Record type Site
Current site name El Rusio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.41248, 14.51475 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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

  • AREA DRAINS INTO RIO GUAYAPE, APPEARS TO BE A CONCESSION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 193
USGS model code 29a
Deposit model name Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-U (BC name is Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.41248, 14.51475

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, J.R., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 182-184.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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