Benjamin Mine

Occurrence in Santa Barbara, Honduras with commodity Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057068
MRDS ID TC01316
Record type Site
Current site name Benjamin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.01196, 14.78224 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1/2 MI FROM PEDERNALES, NEAR SW CORNER OF LAGO DE YOJOA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Santa Barbara

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 300 FT ABOVE LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Stibnite Ore
Witherite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.01196, 14.78224

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. De Costa Gomez, A Leiva, And S. M. Waller

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL WIDELY SPACED POCKETS, "DO NOT APPEAR PROMISING".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 44

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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