Mercedes and Demasia

Past Producer in El Paraiso, Honduras with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057051
MRDS ID TC01298
Record type Site
Current site name Mercedes and Demasia
Alternate or previous names Santa Fortuna, Novello, Veta Grande, Esperanza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.95, 13.95089 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position N OF MONSENAT, 40 MI E OF TEGUCIGALPA, 15 MI N OF NICARAGUA BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paraiso(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras El Paraiso

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ORE, 175 OZ/TON AG AND 2 0Z/TON AU. VETA GRANDE: 9.44 OZ/TON AG, 0.21 OZ/TON AU (1921). 17.8 OZ/TON AG, 0.25 OZ/TON AG AND 29.67 OZ/TON AG, 0.61 OZ/TON AU. SAN MIGUEL: 0.25 OZ/TON AU, 12.80 OZ/TON AG. EAST DRIFT: 0.61 OZ/TON AU, 29.62 OZ/TON AG. NOVELLO VEIN: 0.40 OZ/TON AU, 20.0 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.95, 13.95089

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1820

Mining district

District name Yuscaran

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT BELOW SURFACE SHAFT, 3000-4000 FT TOTAL TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    "ANON, 1939, REPORT ON THE YUSCARAN DISTRICT, HONDURAS, 26 P."

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Pierce, Herbert A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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