Las Animas

Producer in Francisco Morazan, Honduras with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Cadmium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107493
MRDS ID W701974
Record type Site
Current site name Las Animas
Alternate or previous names Minas Las Animas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.05889, 14.18005 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Francisco Morazan(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Francisco Morazan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Cadmium Secondary

Analytical data

Result 36 IN OF 35 OZ/TON AG AND 1.08 OZ/TON AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.05889, 14.18005

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1950

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL ORE TONNAGE 900-9000 MT; WASTE 900-9000 MT

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE DESERVING MORE EXPLORATION. ; MILL.CAP: 45 MT/DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SVANOLM, J., 1968, THE MINERAL POTENTIAL OF HONDURAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    EMJ, 1979, P. 291; EMJ, 1982, P. 330.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS 2-12 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-92 Unknown Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de la Republica de Honduras
Updater 01-AUG-93 Bliss, James D. (Translator) and Page, N.J U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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