El Rosario

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086045
MRDS ID W701942
Record type Site
Current site name El Rosario
Alternate or previous names San Juancito, Santa Fe Vein, Colonial Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.08333, 14.22116 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 16 MI NE OF TEGUCIGALPA

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
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Electrum Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.08333, 14.22116

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • JURASSIC SHALE, SILTSTONE AND SANDSTONE OVERLAINBY EARLY CRETACEOUS SILTSTONE, SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE, AND ANDESITIC TUFFS AND BRECCIAS ARE CUT BY ANDESITIC, DACITIC AND GRANODIORITIC PLUGS AND DIKES ALL OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1882-1954

Mining district

District name San Juancito

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 200,000 TONNES OF ORE PER YEAR CONTAINING 16-17 OZ/TON AG AND 0.08 OZ/TON AU. VALUE TOTALS 75 MILLION DOLLARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SUBTERRANEAN WORKINGS OF 150 MILES LONG AND 420 M DEEP.

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE DESERVING MORE EXPLORATION. ; MILL.CAP: 1920: 300 TON AT RO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 85 KNOWN VEINS, 46 HAVE YIELD MAJOR PARY OF PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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