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San Martin

Past Producer in Choluteca, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086111
MRDS ID W702030
Record type Site
Current site name San Martin
Alternate or previous names San Marcos Grant, San Marcos Ref. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.26778, 13.42536 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI N OF INTER-AMERICAN HIGHWAY, NEAR SAN MARTIN (NEAR SABANA GRANDE)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Choluteca(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Choluteca

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.26778, 13.42536
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1880'S

Mining district

District name Golfo De Fonseca

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner French Co.
    First year 1880

Comments on the workings information

  • 3000 FT ALONG STRIKE, 100 FT DEEP TO WATER, DEEPEST SHAFT 240 FT IN 1891 (REF. 2). 1889 FILLED WITH WATER.

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE DESERVING MORE EXPLORATION. 10 STAMP MILL ERECTED IN 1877. ORE BODY CONTINUES AT DEPTH (REF. 2)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 181.

  • Deposit

    T.A.I.M.E., 1891, V. 20, P. 403.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Unknown Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de la Republica de Honduras
Updater 01-JUL-95 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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