Mine detail: Opoteca

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Location: Comayagua, Honduras, North America
Lat / long: 14.58086, -87.73002
dep_id: 10086088
mrds_id: W701999
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
Reporter: Bliss, James D., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Miogeosyncline
disc_yr: 1673
References:
  • 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.
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