Arena Blanca

Occurrence in Yoro, Honduras with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085978
MRDS ID W701860
Record type Site
Current site name Arena Blanca
Alternate or previous names Cerro San Gregorio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.71029, 15.33443 (WGS84)
Relative position BETWEEN ROAD TO SANTA RITA AND QUEBRADA DEL BOSQUE, SW OF CERRO SAN GREGORIO ON QUEBRADA DE CARBAJALES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yoro(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Yoro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result VEINS: 9.76-103.18 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU, 1.3-29.5% PB, TRACE CU
Result OTHER ASSAYS: UP TO 0.08 OZ/TON AU, 0.3% ZN, 24.0% CU.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.71029, 15.33443

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • NOT GIVEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA FILES (84939)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS 0.5-0.7 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-75 Unknown Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de la Republica de Honduras
Updater 01-JUL-91 Bliss, James D. (Translator) and Pierce, Herbert A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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