Santa Barbara
Past Producer

El Rosario

Santa Barbara, Honduras
SilverGoldZincCopperLead
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Electrum, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
GangueQuartz, Rhodonite
Geology
Host rockDacite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1882-1954
Identification
Deposit ID10086045
MRDS IDW701942
Alternate namesSan Juancito, Santa Fe Vein, Colonial Vein
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates14.22116, -87.08333
References
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.SVANHOLM, J., THE MINERAL POTENTIAL OF HONDURAS, BANTRAL.ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL AMERICA: USGS BULLETIN 1034, P. 175-176.CIMRIROBERTS AND IRVING, 1957; ANON, 1920: MINES HANDBOOK V. 14, P. 1753.