El Caliche

Occurrence in Santa Barbara, Honduras with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086021
MRDS ID W701914
Record type Site
Current site name El Caliche

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.31697, 15.36693 (WGS84)

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
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Marble Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.31697, 15.36693

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Cruz Minas

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED LESS THAN 100 CUBIC METERS.

Comments on the workings information

  • A:PITS, QUARRIES

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE JUDGED TO BE OF NO ECONOMIC INTEREST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 Unknown Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de la Republica de Honduras
Updater 01-JAN-1992 Bliss, James D. (Translator) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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