Mine detail: Opoteca

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 14.58086, -87.73002

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1673

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Structure:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW701999
DEP10086088
Reference{Deposit:: INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 178-179.}{Deposit:: SVANHOLM, J., 1967, HONDURAS MINERAL EXPLORATION PROJECT, UNTAO.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.}
ReporterBliss, James D., Page, Norman J.