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Tendal Mine

Occurrence in Choluteca, Honduras with commodity Manganese
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  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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057165
MRDS ID TC01653
Record type Site
Current site name Tendal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.09389, 13.58702 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 18 MILES E OF PESPIRE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Choluteca(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Choluteca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES OF HAND SORTED ORE 22.87, 42.62, 42.01, 34.63% MN
Result 2.24. 1.42, 2.73, 1.05% FE
Result 52.44, 25.16, 17.54, 33.68% SIO2.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.09389, 13.58702
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED, TABULAR, LENS
    Strike EW
    Dip 20S
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 42.67M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. Diaz Pardo
    First year 1914

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AVERAGE GRADE 30% MN; RANGES FROM 10-50% MN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

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. 136-137

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS FROM 0.6 TO 3.5 FT

Reporter information

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

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

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