San Francisco Mine

Past Producer in Yoro, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057072
MRDS ID TC01320
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco Mine
Alternate or previous names La Mina Lagunitas Possibly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.38084, 15.4811 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF RIO GUAYMAS (ALTERNATE SPELLING GUAIMAS).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yoro(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Yoro

Comments on the location information

  • ORE CROPS OUT ON BOTH SIDES OF RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.38084, 15.4811

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RODS
    Strike N47W
    Dip 72SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Miguel Cubero

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^51% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 51wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 46

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PODS 18 IN WIDE, NO MORE THAN 4 FT IN LENGTH.

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.