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Macutala

Occurrence in Santa Barbara, Honduras with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086076
MRDS ID W701982
Record type Site
Current site name Macutala
Alternate or previous names Macutla Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.32225, 15.25361 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MI SW OF PETOA ON WEST BANK OF RIO MACUTLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Santa Barbara

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW AVERAGE 2% CU, 0.016 OZ/TON AU, 0.78 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.32225, 15.25361
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS, VEINS
    Strike W
    Dip 50N
    Length 106.68M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1920
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 5 wt-pct Copper Major 1920

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE ON BLOCK 300X100X100 FT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 60

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIBE A FRACTURE ZONE WITH CU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Unknown Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de la Republica de Honduras
Updater 01-OCT-94 Bliss, James D. (Translator) and Page, N.J U.S. Geological Survey

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

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