Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondarySilver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsArgentite, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1948
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10158379
Alternate namesPorvenia-Yojoa Ore Body, San Juan Ore Body, Main-Nueva Ore Body
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates14.86415, -88.07922
References
E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING 1980, P. 229.MINING MAGAZINE,SEPT.1976.V.133,NO.9,P.241.MCQUISTON,F.W.&R.S.SHOEMAKER,"GOLD&SILVER CYANIDATION PLANTICE MONOGRAPH,AIME,1975,P.163-164.WORLD MINING,FEB.1971,V.24,NO.2,PP.42-45.U.S.G.S.BULL.1034.MIN.YEARBOOK,V.III,MIN.INDUSTRY OF CENT.AMERICA,PP.1007-1008PRIVATE REP.-1975.E/MJ, NOV. 77, HONDURAS, DEVELOPMENT STALLED BY TAX LAWS,P. 166.E/MJ, OPERATING HANDBOOK OF UNDERGROUND MINING, VOL. 3, 1978EL MOCHITO, A GOOD MINE TAXED TO THE HILT,PP.315-321METALS WEEK, SEPTEMBER 7, 1992. "BREAKWATER RESORCES' NEWORE BODY". PG. 2.AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE, 1993,PP. 38, 43, 48.