El Chimbo

Occurrence in Olancho, 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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086024
MRDS ID W701918
Record type Site
Current site name El Chimbo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.39637, 14.96445 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Olancho(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Olancho

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.39637, 14.96445

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manto

Comments on the production information

  • NEGLIGIBLE

Comments on the workings information

  • A:HOLES, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE DESERVING MORE EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILNER W., PLACER GOLD IN HONDURAS MANTOS AREA, CIDA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.