Mine detail: Petoa

Previously called 'Santo Domingo WorkingsMendenhall Copper PropertiesIncludes Santa Ines WorkingsLos Mangos Workings'

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Location: Santa Barbara, Honduras, North America
Lat / long: 15.28083, -88.32003
dep_id: 10086091
mrds_id: W702003
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: POCKETS, VEINLETS, LENSES (VEIN 10 FT WIDE)
model: 59: Skarn Cu
Reporter: Page, Norman J., Bliss, James D.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1850
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. 59-60.
  • Deposit:: MCKINLAY, W.B., 1920: MINING DEPARTMENT SUMMARY.
  • Deposit:: ANACONDA FILES (84928.06).
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.
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