El Horno Prospect

Occurrence in Guatemala 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10057270
MRDS ID TC01765
Record type Site
Current site name El Horno Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.21422, 14.81113 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 18 MILES NE OF OLAPA, 5 MILES NE OF CARBONEAAS, NEAR GUATEMALA-HONDURAS BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guatemala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.21422, 14.81113

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE INTRUDES PHYLLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 2 FT THICK SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND

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.