Mine detail: El Mochito

Previously called 'San Juan Area and Main AreaPlomoProvenir8700 PipeSan JorgeNueva EastWest NisperoYojoaNina BlancaYojoa Manto'

Location:	Santa Barbara, Honduras, North America
Lat / long:	14.85668, -88.07585
dep_id:	10073072
mrds_id:	W018882
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Silver, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Gold, Cadmium
Trace mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Acanthite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Calcite, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm:	PIPE-LIKE OR CHIMNEY-LIKE (TEN SO FAR)
work_type:	Underground
model:	60: Skarn Zn-Pb
alteration:	Some Oxidation Near The Surface
ore_ctrl:	Fracture Zone
Reporter:	Schruben, Paul G., Pierce, Herbert A.; Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Atima Formation;Cantarranas Formation (Mochito Shale)
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_unit:	Yojoa Volcanics
arock_type:	Diabase
Structure:	Reg.Struct: Left Lateral Wrench Faulting Of Southern Guatemala And Northern Honduras, Nne Roughly = To The Honduras Depression
tectonic:	Pipe Trend Normal To Honduras Depression - Roughly Parallel To The Atima Anticline
Year first produced:	1948
disc_yr:	1938
prod_yrs:	1948-1985 & 1987 TO PRESENT
discr:	Local Campasino - 1938 - Formal Exploration Early 194*
References:	Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., IRVING, E. M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA; U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1034 P. 182 Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1988, V. 189, NO. 10, P. 69. Deposit:: SHULZ, J., HAMANN, R.J., TEMPLE, D.C., 1985, GEOLOGY OF AND EXPLORATION FOR THE EL MOCHITO OREBODY, EL MOCHITO, HONDURAS: 114TH ANNUAL AIME MEETING, NY, NY, FEB. 26, 1985, SEG SYMPOSIUM: MASSIVE SULFIDE CARBONATE REPLACEMENT REPORTS IN CORDILLERAN ENVIRONMENTS. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1990, EL MOCHITO REVIEW: MINING JOURNAL, V. 315, NO. 8090, P. 235. Deposit:: ANON., 1995, BREAKWATER BOOSTS EL MOCHITO RESERVES: THE NORTHERN MINER, MARCH 27, 1995, V. 81, NO. 4, P. C-10. Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL ROSARIO MINING CO. - DEVELOPMENT STARTE Production:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1976 P. 355; ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1988, P. 69; SCHULTZ, HAMANN, TEMPLE, 1985. Reserve-Resource:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1976, P. 355 - 356; SCHULTZ, HAMANN, TEMPLE, 1985.