El Zapotal

Producer in Comayagua, Honduras with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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 10086048
MRDS ID W701947
Record type Site
Current site name El Zapotal
Alternate or previous names Montanuela, Jutiapa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.97002, 14.68002 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comayagua(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Comayagua

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.97002, 14.68002

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Taulabe

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTED 4,082.24 TONNES IN 1986; 5,163 TONNES IN 1987.

Comments on the workings information

  • P:QUARRIES

Comments on development

  • FOR DEVELOPMENT AND/OR EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERMISOS DE EXPLOTACION DE CANTERAS 33, 47, 152

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.