El Oropel

Occurrence in Valle, Honduras with commodity Silver

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10086038
MRDS ID	W701934
Record type	Site
Current site name	El Oropel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-87.68112, 13.82868 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valle(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Honduras	Valle

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Silver	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-87.68112, 13.82868	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Caridad

Comments on the production information

INSIGNIFICANT

Comments on the reserve resource information

LIMITED ECONOMIC POTENTIAL

Comments on the workings information

A:ONE 15 M TUNNEL; ONE ABONDONED SHAFT.

Comments on development

OCCURRENCE JUDGED TO BE OF NO ECONOMIC INTEREST.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W701934

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SVANHOLM J., 1968, THE MINERAL POTENCIAL OF HONDURAS, BANTRAL

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAR-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.