Minas De Oro

Past Producer in Comayagua, Honduras with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086085
MRDS ID W701994
Record type Site
Current site name Minas De Oro
Alternate or previous names Resource Areas Previous Mines: Minas Vieja, Montecielo, Tatanacho, San Antonio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.37001, 14.80918 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 75 KM N OF TEGUCIGALPA.

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
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.37001, 14.80918

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Miogeosyncline

Ore body information

  • Name GENERAL
    Dip }
    Length 335.28M
    Width 152.4M
  • Name SAN ANTONIO
    Dip }

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Minas De Oro

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kennecott Exploration Co. - Fischer-Watt Gold (Pre-; Tombstone Exploration )
    First year 1995
    Last year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.847 g/mt Gold Major 1995
    Copper Cu 1.9 wt-pct Copper Major 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) HEAP-LEACHABLE RESERVES IN MINAS VIEJA, MONTECIELO, AND TATANACHO; ORE (2) GRADE OF MINAS VIEJA; ORE (3) GRADE OF MONTECIELO; ORE (4) GRADE OF TATANACHO.

Comments on the workings information

  • P: MINES, TUNNELS, AND SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE DESERVING MORE EXPLORATION; 1939 CALAHAN CONSTRUCTION CO. TO HYDRAULIC AU-GOSSAN AND TREAT IT IN CYANIDE MILL.

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 IN CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 61-184.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1995, TOMBSTONE CLOSES HONDURAS DEAL: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 81, NO. 15, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    INFORME DE TRABAJOS REALIZADOS, ROSARIO RESOURCES CORP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HAS SMALL AU PLACERS NEARBY. OREBODY 2: 1 MILE NW OF MINAS VIEJA, DRILL HOLES SHOWED 390 FT OF 0.03 OZ/TON AT SURFACE.
Deposit RECORD W701908 HAS BEEN COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Bliss, James D. (Translator) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 16-JUN-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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