Mine detail: El Mochito

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

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Location

Lat / long:

14.85668, -88.07585

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Cadmium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Acanthite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form:	PIPE-LIKE OR CHIMNEY-LIKE (TEN SO FAR)
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1948-1985 & 1987 TO PRESENT
First production started:	1948

Geology

Host rock:	Atima Formation;Cantarranas Formation (Mochito Shale)
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Yojoa Volcanics
Associated 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
Alteration processes:	Some Oxidation Near The Surface

References

MRDS	W018882
DEP	10073072
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Pierce, Herbert A.; Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.