| Deposit ID | 10086091 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W702003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Petoa |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Santa Ines Workings, Los Mangos Workings, Santo Domingo Workings, Mendenhall Copper Properties |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.32003, 15.28083 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 411 |
| Relative position | 30 MI SW OF SAN PEDRO SULA, 1 MI E OF PETOA, ABOUT 35 MI FROM CHAMELECON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Barbara(province)
Honduras(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Honduras | Santa Barbara |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 59 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18b |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 8 |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -88.32003, 15.28083 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Miogeosyncline |
| General form | POCKETS, VEINLETS, LENSES (VEIN 10 FT WIDE) |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60W (2); N25E (3) |
| Dip | 65SW (2) |
| General form | POCKETS, VEINLETS, LENSES (VEIN 10 FT WIDE) |
|---|---|
| Dip | 65SW (2) |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1673 |
| Year of first production | 1850 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | English With Charcoal Furnaces |
| First year | 1860 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mendenhall, W. B. And Jackson, Carlton |
| First year | 1916 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Guy R. Molony |
| First year | 1926 |
| Last year | 1942 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Fruit Co Under A. L. Bump |
| First year | 1942 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W702003 |
INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.
ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 59-60.
MCKINLAY, W.B., 1920: MINING DEPARTMENT SUMMARY.
ANACONDA FILES (84928.06).
CIMRI
ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | (1) SANTA INES WORKINGS IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE WITH POCKETS OF COPPER CARBONATES, (2) LOS MANGOS WORKINGS IN SHEAR ZONE, THICKNESS OF VEIN 1-2 FT, (3) SANTO DOMINGO WORKINGS IN SHEAR ZONE; ALL IN CONTACT ZONE |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: SPANISH COLONIAL TIME |
| Deposit | UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1990 | Bliss, James D. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1992 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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