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El Corpus Deposits

Producer in Honduras with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085998
MRDS ID W701881
Record type Site
Current site name El Corpus Deposits
Alternate or previous names Clavo Rico Concession, Mines: Clavo Rico, Armando Williams, Benjamin Williams, La Gloria,, Pastor, Rondondo, Cuadrado, Paco, Torcido, Elisa Sin Nombre, La Pila,, Rebecca, El Rey, Corona, Veins Candelaria, Oveja, El Ray, Rebecca, Zona La Reina.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.02, 13.28092 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI SE OF CHOLUTECA, AT TOWN OF EL CORPUS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Honduras

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calaverite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Pyritization Argillic Alteration, Oxidation And Development Of A Hematitic Breccia.

Analytical data

Result WEIGHTED AU GRADES OF UP TO 0.67, 0.079, 0.20, 0.56, 0.13 OZ/TON
Result AU/AG RATIOS OF 0.17-22.9 AVERAGING ABOUT 3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock
    Rock unit name Matagalpa Formation;Matagalpa Formation
    Rock description Matagalpa Formation;Matagalpa Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.02, 13.28092
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name GENERAL
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    Thickness 15M
    Length 900M
  • Name CANDELARIA
    Dip }}}}}}
    Length 170M
  • Name OVEJA
    Dip }}}}}}
    Length 140M
  • Name EL RAY
    Dip }}}}}}
    Length 165M
  • Name REBECCA
    Dip }}}}}}
    Length 135M
  • Name ZONA LA REINA
    Dip }}}}}}
    Length 170M
  • Name ARMANDO WILLIAMS TUNNEL
    Dip }}}}}}
    Length 100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1550
Production years 19TH CENTURY

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American And British Groups (19th Century)
    Last year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Williams Family
    Last year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Cerros Del Sur
    Interest 80
    First year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Honduras Rosario Mining Co.
    First year 1940
    Last year 1940
  • Type Operator
    Owner United Siscoe Mines
  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Cerros Del Sur
    First year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT A 100 TONS OF ORE PER MONTH (1975-1990).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSUMES ZONE 50 M WIDE OVER 500 M STRIKE LENGTH AND TO 60 M DEPTH WITH GRADE 0.055 OZ PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 12 ADITS, 8 SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • 1975-1990: SMALL VAT-LEACH MINE OF ABOUT 100 TONS PER MONTH WITH 90% AU RECOVERY. UNITED SISCOE MINES DRILLED 6 HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    GOSSE (1990)

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 181-182.

  • Deposit

    GOSSE, RICARDO, 1990, GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON HONDURAN GOLD PROSPECTS: IVANHOC CAPITAL CORPORATION UNPUBLISHED REPORT MAY 10, 1990, 20 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GOSSE (1990).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 16TH CENTURY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 07-MAR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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