Mangulile Mines

Occurrence in Honduras with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086079
MRDS ID W701985
Record type Site
Current site name Mangulile Mines
Alternate or previous names D.M. Manguille, Mina California, La Lola, El Olingo, Camalofillo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.77999, 15.00085 (WGS84)
Relative position 45 MI NW JUTICALPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Honduras

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS FREE-MILLING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5 SAMPLES AVERAGE OVER 4.7 FT 0.751 OZ/TON AU OR 0.379 OZ/TON AU DROPPING HIGH GRADE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.77999, 15.00085

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, PITS, WASHING SITE, INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 178.

  • Deposit

    ANADONDA FILES (84928.02).

  • Deposit

    METAL MINING AGENCY, 1980, REPORT ON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W, AREA VOL. 4, JICA-JAPAN.

  • Deposit

    EXPN, 104-112, DGMH.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AVERAGES 4 FT
Deposit UNKNOWN SIZE CRITERIA AS REPORTED BY ICAITA

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

Beyond USGS

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