Cerro Candelaria

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085991
MRDS ID W701873
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Candelaria
Alternate or previous names Cerro Gordo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.23276, 15.58609 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colon(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Colon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.23276, 15.58609

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sonaguera

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NONEXISTENCE

Comments on the workings information

  • A:HOLES AND TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE JUDGED TO BE OF NO ECONOMIC INTEREST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Unknown Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de la Republica de Honduras
Updater 01-JAN-1992 Bliss, James D. (Translator) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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