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Rio Guayapa

Occurrence in Honduras with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093904
MRDS ID W702019
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Guayapa
Alternate or previous names El Retiro, Murceilgobar, Quebrada Culebra, El Rusio, Ocotal, Zona Via Santa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.02997, 14.75085 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Honduras

Comments on the location information

  • PLACERS OCCUR BETWEEN PASO DE COMPADRE, EAST OF CAMPAMENTO AND THE JUNCTION OF RIO GUAYAPE AND RIO JALAN AT JUTICALPA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.02997, 14.75085
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 182-184.

  • Deposit

    HALEY, C.S., 1941, HONDURAS: PIONEER FRONTIER: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 142, NO. 6, P. 35-38.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL RETIRO, EL RUSION, OCOTAL, QUEBRADA CULEBRA ARE ON TRIBUTARIES TO RIO GUAYAPA. FOR 20 MI BELOW PASA DE COMPADRE THE GRAVELS ARE THIN AND IN A NARROW STREAM VALLEY BUT THICKEN DOWNSTREAM. BELOW EL RETIRO THEY ARE 40 FT THICK.
Deposit UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITA

Reporter information

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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