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Victoria De Oriente

Past Producer in Honduras with commodity Mercury
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086120
MRDS ID W702042
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria De Oriente
Alternate or previous names Los Izotes Mines, Includes Workings On Victoria 1 and 3 Workings, Triunfo Workings, San Estaban Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.16139, 14.39837 (WGS84)
Relative position BETWEEN JALACA AND LAS QUEBRADAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Honduras

Comments on the location information

  • ON MAGE ABOUT 3.5 MI LONG

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calomel Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metapan Formation
    Rock description Metapan Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.16139, 14.39837
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania De Cinabrio De Honduras

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED FROM A 4 PIPE RETORT; MOST CAME FROM VICTORIA 1 WORKINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2023.5HA

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1943-1944.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 169-170

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VICTORIA 1 WORKINGS, DISCONTINUOUS VEINS AND POCKETS IN FRACTURED LIMESTONE; LIMESTONE CAVE WITH COATINGS; VICTORIA 3 (0.5 MI EAST OF JALACA), CINNABAR IN FRACTURED LIMESTONE; TRIUNFO WORKINGS 1700 FT EAST OF JALACA, DISCONTINUOUS VEINS; SAN ESTEBAN WORKINGS (1000 FT NE OF TRIUNFO) LIMESTONE CAVE WITH VEINS IN SHEAR ZONE N10E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Bliss, James D. (Translator) Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de la Republica de Honduras
Updater 01-FEB-1994 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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