Cerro Bonito Prospect

Occurrence in Choluteca, Honduras with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057164
MRDS ID TC01652
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Bonito Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.09444, 13.58647 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 18 MILES EAST OF PESPIRE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Choluteca(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Choluteca

Comments on the location information

  • 1/3 MILE SW OF TENDAL DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.09444, 13.58647

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Mesilla Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TONNAGE IS SMALL AND LOW GRADE.

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. 138

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBERTS & IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL DISCONTINUOUS MN OXIDE VEINS FROM A FRACTION OF INCH TO 6 INCHES WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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