Monte Verde Deposit

Occurrence in Santa Ana, El Salvador with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057192
MRDS ID TC01682
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Verde Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.04338, 14.30504 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 28 MILES E OF METAPAN NEAR HONDURAS BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Ana(province)

El Salvador(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
El Salvador Santa Ana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.04338, 14.30504

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Metapan District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PICKED SAMPLES ASSAY AS HIGH AS 10% CU.

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. 78

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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