Mine detail: Yuscaran

Previously called 'Veta Grande MineIncludes Capiro, Guayabillas, Santa Elena, Mercedes, Veta Grande,Novillo, Santa Fortuna, Santa Margarita, San Isidro-Santa Gertrudis,San Juan, Liverpool, Desgare, Jesus, Lampara, Suyato, Tamagas,Antiojo, Patastero, Iguanos, Gibraltar, Santa Rita, California,Cinco Senores, Machetero, San Luis, Rosario, Rivas, Amatilo, Quay,Virgin, and Guajinaguil Veins'

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Location: El Paraiso, Honduras, North America
Lat / long: 13.88533, -86.86443
dep_id: 10106497
mrds_id: W702048
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Reporter: Page, Norman J. (Bliss, James D. (Translator))
hrock_unit: Matagalpa Formation;Padre Miguel Group
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
arock_type: Diorite
disc_yr: 1673
prod_yrs: COLONIAL TIMES, PRE 1821-1900
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P.180-181.
  • Deposit:: T.A.I.M.E., 1891, V. 20, P. 397.
  • Deposit:: SQUIER, E.G., 1870, HONDURAS, P. 118.
  • Deposit:: BAUMANN, FRANK, AND SAXON, HARRIS, 1990, YUSCARAN SILVER-GOLD DEPOSIT, HONDURAS: UNPUBLISHED REPORT JUNE, 1990, 4 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ANACONDA FILES, SOUTHWESTERN ENGINEERING CORP. (1930); ROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957.
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