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La Capa

Producer in Yoro, Honduras with commodity Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086057
MRDS ID W701956
Record type Site
Current site name La Capa
Alternate or previous names Los Hornitos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.01028, 15.15611 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 9 MI E OF YORO

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
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Stibnite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.01028, 15.15611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS, STRINGERS
    Strike N81W
    Dip 40NE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Distrito De Sb De Yoro

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Miguel Cubero, Andres Leira, S. M. Waller 1938-1944, P. Jorda Kahle 1944 - ?.

Production statistics

  • Year 1938
    Material SB ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^48.8% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Tin Tin 49wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • A:QUARRY, MILL. SHALLOW CUTS

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE JUDGED TO BE OF NO ECONOMIC INTEREST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA, USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 44-45.

  • Deposit

    KLOCKNER INDUSTRIE ANLAGEN,1978, YACIMIENTOS DE ANTIMONIO DE HONDURAS, CONADI

  • Deposit

    1977, EXP. N.206, DGMH

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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

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

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