El Jimerito

Occurrence in Copan, Honduras with commodity Bentonite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10086031
MRDS ID	W701926
Record type	Site
Current site name	El Jimerito
Alternate or previous names	La Jigua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-88.77643, 15.02001 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Copan(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Honduras	Copan

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Bentonite	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bentonite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-88.77643, 15.02001	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Comments on the workings information

SAMPLING BY PNUD MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN 1971

Comments on development

OCCURRENCE DESERVING MORE EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W701926

Bibliographic references

Deposit

VICENCIO S.,1975, DEPOSITOS DE BENTONITA EN LA SCERCANIAS DE LA ENTRADA, COPAN, DGMH
Deposit

?,1971, INFORMES, P.N.U.D.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1984	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.