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Yaruconte

Occurrence in Copan, 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086122
MRDS ID W702046
Record type Site
Current site name Yaruconte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.78754, 14.65558 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Copan(province)

Honduras(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Honduras Copan

Comments on the location information

  • SET OF PARALLEL VEIN SYSTEMS 3 KM WIDE EXTENDS 6.5 KM NE FROM THE TOWN OF LA LIBERTAD, FOR WHICH THE LAT AND LONG ARE GIVEN ABOVE.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • MORE AG THAN SANTA DOMINGO AREA. GOLD FOUND IN ELECTRUM ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE AND IN QUARTZ. FINENESS OF GOLD 630-650, 700-715; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE 1-80 MICRONS. SOME COARSE FREE GOLD IS PRESENT SINCE FEW MINERS WORK THE ORE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.78754, 14.65558
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UPPER COYOL GROUP, 400 M. LOWER COYOL GROUP , 300 M. MATAGALPA GROUP , 230 M. THE NW TRENDING NORMAL FAULTS DIVIDED THE NE STRIKING VEINS INTO SEPARATE BLOCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS WERE GENERALLY SMALL. MILL FEED, OPEN-PIT AND UNDERGROUND RESERVES. 1994 PRODUCTION 150 MT PER DAY. IN 1982, SANTA ELENA WAS MILLING 40 TONS PER DAY AND 120 OZ/MONTH SU. ORE 1984-1988 WAS ORE MILLED WITH RECOVERY RATES OF 81.9, 85.7, 75.0, 76.0, 71.4, AND 64.4% RESPECTIVELY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) ESMERALDA STRUCTURE, 30 FT WIDE; ORE (2) SAN JUAN STRUCTURE, 5 FT WIDE; ORE (3) CHAMARRO VEIN; ORE (4) STA. ELENA, JABALI, 3-30 FT WIDE STRUCTURES. RECENT RESERVE ESTIMATES OF OVER 4 MILLION TONS OF ORE IN THE LIBERTAD-SANTO DOMINGO AREA MAY BE OVERLY OPTIMISTIC. ZOPILOTE-MOJON STRUCTURE: ORE (6) PROBABLE, ORE (7) POSSIBLE. BABILONIA-SANTA ELENA STRUCTURE: ORE (8) PROVEN, ORE (9) PROBABLE, ORE (10) POSSIBLE. ESMERALDA-VICTORIA STRUCTURE: ORE (11) PROBABLE, ORE (12) POSSIBLE. SAN JUAN-CALVARIO STRUCTURE: ORE (13) PROBABLE, ORE (14) POSSIBLE. LOS ANGELES-SAN FRANCISCO STRUCTURE: ORE (15) PROBABLE, ORE (16) POSSIBLE. RESERVES BY LA LIBERTAD MINE STAFF (1989) ORE (17) SANTA ELENA, ORE (18) ZOPILOTE, ORE (19) VICTORIA, ORE (20) MOJON, AZUL, TRES AMIGOS.

Comments on the workings information

  • MAY HAVE BEEN WORKED IN COLONIAL TIMES.
  • IN 1948 JABALI MINE AT 800 FT LEVEL WITH DRILLING TO 1200 FT. MAXIMUM OF (2) IS 250 FT. SANTA ELENA WAS WORKED UNDERGROUND UP UNTIL RECENTLY. CHAMARRO, SANTA MARIA, CALVARIO, SAN JUAN, BABILONIA, ESMERALDA, MOJON, AZUL, TRES AMIGOS, AND ZOPILOTE IN THE PAST WERE ALL WORKED UNDERGROUND TO GREATER OR LESSER EXTENTS. SMALL PITS ON THE SURFACE ARE PRESENT ON ALL VEINS. A MAJOR OPEN PIT MINE WAS WORKED ON ZOPILOTE IN THE 1980'S.

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE DESERVING MORE EXPLORATION.
  • MOST ACTIVE FROM 1850-1950. PAN AMERICAN EXPLORATION EXPLORED IN 1960'S, ASARCO IN 1970'S; LE MANS RESOURCES LIMITED IN MID 1970'S. RECENTLY UPGRADED FROM 60 ST/DAY BY A SWEDISH COMPANY. PRESENTLY PROCESSING PLANT WAS BROUGHT IN FROM OTHER MINES IN POST 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES DE LA REPUBLICA DE HONDURAS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1843 (SAN JUAN MINE)
Deposit LA LIBERTAD AND SANTO DOMINGO (W702074) ARE REALLY TWO PARTS OR SUBDISTRICTS OF A SINGLE 20 X 5 KM DISTRICT CALLED THE CHONTALES DISTRICT. THE SUBDISTRICTS ARE SEPARATED BY ABOUT 4 KM OF UNMINERALIZED ROCK. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION COMES FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND "GREY" LITERATURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THICKNESS RANGES FROM 4-8 FT FOR SAN JUAN VEINS. THICKNESS, WIDTH, AND LENGTH GIVEN ABOVE ARE FOR CHAMARRO VEIN. VEIN SYSTEMS TRACABLE ALONG STIKE FOR UP TO 7 KM WITH INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS MEASURING 100'S OF M. THE SYSTEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: NORTHERNMOST SYSTEM - FROM SW TO NE - MOJON SW, MOJON, TRES AMIGOS, AZUL, ZOPILOTE, BABILONIA NUEVA, BABLONIA, SANTA ELENA, CHAMARRO; NORTH CENTRAL SYSTEM - ESMERALDA OESTE, ESMERALDA, LA VICTORIA, SANTA MARIA; SOUTH CENTRAL SYSTEM - SAN JUAN; SOUTHERNMOST SYSTEM - EL TIGRE, EL CALVARIO; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS VEINS - SAN ANTONIO, LOS ANGELES, CERRO VOLCAN. BASED ON FLUID INCLUSION STUDIES IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A LARGE PART OF THE ORIGINAL VEIN SYSTEM HAS BEEN ERODED AND THAT ONLY THE LOWER REACHES ARE PRESENTLY VISIBLE. WE MAY PRESENTLY BE UP TO 600 M BELOW THE PALEOSURFACE. LA LIBERTAD IS PROBABLY "SMALL"; ENTIRE CHONTALES DISTRICT IS "MEDIUM" MINING CLAIMS, CHAMORRO VEIN, SULTANA, SANTA VALENTINA, ADMIRABLE, EXPERIENCIA, TURQUEZA, SANTIAGO,
Deposit ASOMBRO: 300 HA EACH (ANACONDA FILES). ORE BODY (1): WESTERN 300 M HORSETAILS. ORE BODY (4): UP TO 25 M THICK AT DEPTH, ARGILLIZATION EXTENDS 50 M OUTWARDS FROM VEIN. ORE BODY (6): TO NE VEIN DECREASES TO 2-3 M AND HORSETAILS. ORE BODY (7): WORKED ON 4 LEVELS TO 85 M BELOW SURFACE. ORE BODY (8): HAS THREE BRANCHES, WORKED ON 2 LEVELS. ORE BODY (9): 2 PARALLEL VEINS, WORKED TO 100 M BELOW SURFACE. ORE BODY (13): WORKED TO 10 M BELOW SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Unknown Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de la Republica de Honduras
Updater 01-JAN-1992 Bliss, James D. (Translator) U.S. Geological Survey

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