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El Porvenir

Past Producer in Valle, Honduras with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086042
MRDS ID W701939
Record type Site
Current site name El Porvenir

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.76196, 13.70201 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NE OF ARAMECINA NEAR SAN SALVADOR BORDER; 20 KM N OF GOASCORAN., Est, +/- 30 Seconds, Est, +/- 30 Seconds

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valle(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Valle

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result <0.002 OZ/T AU AND <0.02 OZ/T AG OVER 20 M.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Matagalpa Formation
    Rock description Matagalpa Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.76196, 13.70201
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 400M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Porvenir

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner British And American Groups .
    First year 1880
    Last year 1912
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar Emilio Alvarez ).
    First year 1990

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1939 MUCH HIGHGRADING BY THE WORKERS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TYPES OF MINES AT VARIOUS LEVELS. 2 MAIN ADITS FLOODED AND CAVED.

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE DESERVING MORE EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOSSE, RICARDO, 1990, GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON HONDURAN GOLD PROSPECTS: UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF IVANHOE CAPITAL CORPORATION, MAY 10, 1990, 20 P.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 181.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOTS WITH BONANZA POCKETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 07-MAR-95 Page, Norman J. (Bliss, James D. (Translator)) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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