Mine detail: El Rosario

Previously called 'San JuancitoSanta Fe VeinColonial Vein'

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Location

Lat / long:

14.22116, -87.08333

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Argentite, Electrum, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Gangue:	Quartz, Rhodonite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1882-1954

Geology

Host type:

Dacite

References

MRDS	W701942
DEP	10086045
Reference	{Deposit:: CARPENTER R., 1954, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROSARIO MINING DISTRICT AND THE SAN JUAN CITO MOUNTAINS, HONDURAS, C.A., GSA, VOL. 65, P. 23-28.}{Deposit:: SVANHOLM, J., THE MINERAL POTENTIAL OF HONDURAS, BANTRAL.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 175-176.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957; ANON, 1920: MINES HANDBOOK V. 14, P. 1753.}
Reporter	Bliss, James D. (Translator), Page, Norman J.