San Antonio De Oriente

Past Producer in Francisco Morazan, Honduras with commodity Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086107
MRDS ID W702025
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio De Oriente
Alternate or previous names Oriente U Occidente

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.02694, 14.04228 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI E OF TEGUCIGALPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Francisco Morazan(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Francisco Morazan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.02694, 14.04228

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE 1900 BY SPANISH

Mining district

District name San Antonio

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINES ABANDONED BY 1944.

Comments on the workings information

  • P:DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SVANHOLM J.,1967, MINERAL POTENTIAL OF HONDURAS, REPORT ON SAN ANTONIO DE ORIENTE, DGMH

  • Deposit

    PIMN,1987, INFORME PROYECTOS ANANTONIO, DGMHA

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 180.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Bliss, James D. (Translator) Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de la Republica de Honduras
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.