 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | STUDY OF THE EL MOCHITO Zn-Pb-Ag DEPOSIT K. M. AULT†,* AND A. E. WILLIAMS-JONES Department of Earth and...2A7, Canada Abstract The El Mochito mine, located in west-central Honduras, exploits a Zn-Pb-Ag skarn...minerals including sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite, and pyrite postdate a gangue consisting mainly of pyroxene...skarn, appears spatially associated with the El Mochito deposit, and a source of fluid and metals has...and +2 per mil, suggesting that the sulfur at El Mochito was primarily igneous in origin. Lead isotope |  | Vazquez, Rodrigo, Vennemann, Torsten W., Kesler, Stephen E., Russell, Norman (1998) Carbon and oxygen isotope halos in the host limestone, El Mochito Zn-Pb-(Ag) skarn massive sulfide-oxide deposit, Honduras. Economic Geology, 93 (1) 15-31 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.93.1.15 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | e Deposit,Honduras RODRIGO V•ZQUEZ,*TORSTEN W. VENNEMANN **A STEPHEN E. KESLER, Department of Geological...PacificHonduras, ApartadoPostal342,SanPedroSula,Honduras Abstract E1 Mochito,the largestoperating minein CentralAmerica...observed in thestableisotope composition of carbonEL MOCHITO isa skarnsulfide-oxide, limestone-replacement ate...most of these studies changes were measured of pyrite-pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena,andehaleopyrite...of determining enoughto be usefulfor regionalor mine-scale lelingor crosscutting bedding(Preseot, 1926;Megawet |  | Williams-Jones, A. E., Samson, I. M., Ault, K. M., Gagnon, J. E., Fryer, B. J. (2010) The Genesis of Distal Zinc Skarns: Evidence from the Mochito Deposit, Honduras. Economic Geology, 105 (8) 1411-1440 doi:10.2113/econgeo.105.8.1411 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Distal Zinc Skarns: Evidence from the Mochito Deposit, Honduras A. E. WILLIAMS-JONES,1,† I. M. SAMSON...Republic of Ireland Abstract The Mochito deposit, located in Honduras, is a distal Zn(-Pb-Ag) skarn in...km, interacted with graphitic limestones in the Mochito graben during an episode of mid-Tertiary intraplate...a model of deposit genesis. The Mochito deposit, located in Honduras, contains ~15 Mt of ore grading...the geological and geochemical history of the Mochito deposit and propose a model for its genesis that |  | Xu, Rong, Li, Wen-Chang, Deng, Ming-Guo, Zhou, Jia-Xi, Ren, Tao, Yu, Hai-Jun (2019) Genesis of the superlarge Luziyuan Zn-Pb-Fe(-Cu) distal skarn deposit in western Yunnan (SW China): Insights from ore geology and C-H-O-S isotopes. Ore Geology Reviews, 107. 944-959 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.03.015 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zn-Pb-Fe-Cu (sphalerite + galena + magnetite ± pyrite + chalcopyrite) ores in pyroxenoid (± clinopyroxene)-bearing...clinopyroxene)-bearing skarn, to Fe-Cu (magnetite ± pyrite + chalcopyrite) ores in garnet (± clinopyroxene ±...Magmatic rocks are scarce in/around the Luziyuan mine, except for sporadic unmineralized diabase dikes..., 2010), which outcrops ~14 km southeast of the mine (Figs. 1B and 2A). Nevertheless, regional gravity...concealed intermediate-felsic pluton at depth under the mine (e.g., Dong, 2007; Dong and Chen, 2007; Zhao et |  | Shu, Qihai, Chang, Zhaoshan, Hammerli, Johannes, Lai, Yong, Huizenga, Jan-Marten (2017) Composition and Evolution of Fluids Forming the Baiyinnuo’er Zn-Pb Skarn Deposit, Northeastern China: Insights from Laser Ablation ICP-MS Study of Fluid Inclusions*. Economic Geology, 112 (6) 1441-1460 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2017.4516 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia 5 Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland...(0.06–0.52) but lower than that of the distal El Mochito skarn (avg ~6.4), probably reflecting a gradually...Zn-Pb-Cu skarn (Bertelli et al., 2009) and the El Mochito Zn-Pb-Ag skarn (Samson et al., 2008; Williams-Johns...formation of gangue and ore minerals at Bismark. At El Mochito, models using fluid inclusion compositional data...sphalerite and galena, with less chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite, plus minor magnetite and arsenopyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zawar and subsequentlyat London University. Zawar Mine situated17 miles due southof Udaipur City in the...8a•al •zite Fig.1. GEOLOGICALSETTING AT THE ZAWAR MINE folding,the ageof the latterepisode mustbe somewhat...this lode consistsof galena, sphalerite and minor pyrite with varying accessoryamountsof dolomite,muscoviteand...zone in xvhichgalena actively replaces sphalerite,pyrite and dolomite;silicatesare rare in this and the...lead contentbetweenthe 1st and 4th levels of the mine. This zoning sequence is the reverseof the commononefor |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposition of massive sulphide deposits in the Iberian Pyrite Belt: New data from Las Herrerías and La Torerera...spectrometry analysis of fluid inclusions from El Mochito, Honduras—Iain M. Samson, Anthony E. Williams-Jones...associated with jasperoid veins, El Erediya area, Eastern Desert, Egypt—Hamdy H. Abd El-Naby 825 849 873 891...the Singhbhum shear zone, eastern India, using pyrite textures and compositions in the Turamdih U-Cu(-Fe)...Lufilian foreland, Democratic Republic of Congo—Hamdy A. El Desouky, Philippe Muchez, and Roger Tyler Role of |  | | Report (volume) | | International Cooperation Administration, U. S. Department of State UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...OFFICE, WASHINGTON a 1957 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL...--------------------------------------British Honduras _____________ ---- __________ ----_-----_____...----------------------------------------------Honduras-------------------------------------------------...system_______________________________ ________ Santa Rosa formation______________________________ Chochallimestone |  | Siron, Chris R., Thompson, John F.H., Baker, Tim, Darling, Robert, Dipple, Gregory (2019) Origin of Au-Rich Carbonate-Hosted Replacement Deposits of the Kassandra Mining District, Northern Greece: Evidence for Late Oligocene, Structurally Controlled, and Zoned Hydrothermal Systems. Economic Geology, 114 (7) 1389-1414 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4664 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Baker,2 Robert Darling,3 and Gregory Dipple4 1 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University...Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2B5, Canada Department, State University of New York, Cortland, New...(Svoula Group) Quartz-sericite marble (Svoula Group) Mine (historic, active or development) Normal fault...banded lenses of sphaleritegalena-pyrite that transition into pyrite-rich intervals and arsenopyrite....Sphalerite-rich sulfide zones commonly display rod-like pyrite textures (Fig. 3A, B), which may represent the |  | Ding, Teng, Wang, Jia, Tan, Tingting, Ma, Dongsheng, Lu, Jianjun, Zhang, Rongqing, Liang, Jin, Zhu, Chuanwei, Wu, Bin (2021) Accumulation of sulfides in the basement of southern Hunan Province, China: Implications for Pb–Zn mineralization related to reduced granitoids. Ore Geology Reviews, 129. 103939pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103939 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | distinct from secondary sulfides, which include mainly pyrite and generally occur as veinlets crosscutting granitoids...while sulfide veinlets containing chalcopyrite, pyrite, and molybdenite cut early garnet and scheelite...this stage hosting almost all of the pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite, and galena in the Huangshaping deposit...dominated by galena and sphalerite, with pyrrhotite and pyrite in a calcite and fluorite gangue (Fig. 3g, h)....vertically, with the pyrrhotite abundance decreasing and pyrite abundance increasing upward within the deposit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | its efficiency, its 1 University of Helsinki Department of Geosciences and Geography, Division of Geology...; tobias.fusswinkel@helsinki.fi 2 ETH Zurich, Department of Earth Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry...minerals, including quartz or infrared-transparent pyrite, requires short-UV wavelengths. Typically, 193...solubility under high-temperature metamorMassif veins El Teniente phic conditions (Loucks and Mavrogenes 1999)...concentrations are in agreement with saturation of pyrite (FIG. 3A). E LEMENTS 325 O C TOBER 2016 dominant |  | Barker, Shaun L.L., Dipple, Gregory M., Hickey, Kenneth A., Lepore, William A., Vaughan, Jeremy R. (2013) APPLYING STABLE ISOTOPES TO MINERAL EXPLORATION: TEACHING AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS. Economic Geology, 108 (1) 1-9 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.1.1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JEREMY R. VAUGHAN Mineral Deposit Research Unit, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British...environments (e.g., fly camps, core logging facilities, mine site assay labs, etc.) However, as yet, OA-ICOS...thrust surface projection of gold deposits Banshee Mine workings Meikle Quaternary alluvium Miocene Carlin...p. 24–99. Hattori, K., and Cameron, E.M., 1987, Pyrite of distinctive isotopic composition from the Hemlo...host limestone, El Mochito Zn-Pb-(Ag) skarn massive sulfide-oxide deposit, Honduras: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Skarn Zonation and Fluid Evolution in the Groundhog Mine, Central Mining District, New Mexico LAWRENCE D...andPb/Agratiosall increase toward the distal southwestend of the mine where highestZn, Pb, and total metal grades also...locallybeginsthezonationsequence. Sphalerite-galena-pyrite-quartzcarbonateare presentin all skarnzonesand...investigationsof single mines (Paige, 1909; Graton, the mine was closed in 1980 due to a combination of 1910;...increasingsmeltercosts. the 2100, 1950, and 1650 mine levels and selective Skarnmetalcontent(baseduponproduction)iszoned |  | Peng, Hui-juan, Mao, Jing-wen, Hou, Lin, Shu, Qi-hai, Zhang, Chang-qing, Liu, Huan, Zhou, Yun-man (2016) Stable Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Source and Evolution of Ore Fluids in the Hongniu-Hongshan Cu Skarn Deposit, Yunnan Province, China. Economic Geology, 111 (6) 1369-1396 doi:10.2113/econgeo.111.6.1369 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (2) syn-ore-stage retrograde minerals, sulfides (pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, molybdenite, galena...monzonite porphyry and porphyritic granite of the mine area, and the petrography, major, and trace element...and disseminated ores containing chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and/or molybdenite are observed mainly...and in the deep parts of the Hongniu ore block. Pyrite occurs in the central zone, chalcopyrite is generally...3A, B; Zu et al., 2013). Veins of chalcopyrite-pyrite-pyrrhotite ± molybdenite ± galena ± sphalerite |  | Palinkaš, Sabina Strmić, Palinkaš, Ladislav A., Renac, Christophe, Spangenberg, Jorge E., Lüders, Volker, Molnar, Ferenc, Maliqi, Gani (2013) Metallogenic Model of the Trepča Pb-Zn-Ag Skarn Deposit, Kosovo: Evidence from Fluid Inclusions, Rare Earth Elements, and Stable Isotope Data. Economic Geology, 108 (1) 135-162 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.1.135 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, Geological Department, University of Zagreb, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia...magnetite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, pyrite, quartz, and various carbonates. Increases in oxygen...The principal ore minerals, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and minor chalcopyrite, were deposited from a...replicate analyses of the laboratory standard (natural pyrite, 6.1‰, synthetic mercury sulfide, 15.5‰, barium...composed of fine-grained Mn-enriched siderite and pyrite. D. Close view of dickite clusters within the breccia |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . 2.00 Artentite, Butte. Xld. on Quartz w . Pyrite. 2 x 2. . . . . . . . . . • • • • . • • 2.50 Preirinite...is to be held in the Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, Calif., on May 23, 24, and 25. Rocks and...typical example is the journey of Sebastian Taraval, "El Peregrino," who made the first recorded crossing...mountain, but are found at the old Sedalia copper mine located only a few miles north of Salida ( 2) ....Only one interesting mineral, however, was found- pyrite. It occurred as tiny lustrous cubes in a schistose |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | authors of the larger studies published at this time (El Shazly et al., 1957; Schroll, 1954, 1955). That is...the included minerals (chalcopyrite, fahlores, pyrite) at sufficiently high concentrations (e.g. Burnham...1940; Warren and Thompson, 1945; Schroll, 1954, 1955; El Shazly et al., 1957), none of these previous authors...responsible for skarn and ore formation at the Continental mine, Fierro, New Mexico, in light of REE analyses and... Fluid inclusions in porphyry and skarn ore at Santa Rita, New Mexico. Econ. Geol. 75, 229–250. Al-Bassam |  | Beinlich, Andreas, Barker, Shaun L.L., Dipple, Gregory M., Gupta, Manish, Baer, Douglas S. (2017) STABLE ISOTOPE (δ13C, δ18O) ANALYSIS OF SULFIDE-BEARING CARBONATE SAMPLES USING LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY. Economic Geology, 112 (3) 693-700 doi:10.2113/econgeo.112.3.693 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Douglas S. Baer3 1Mineral Deposit Research Unit, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University...address: Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth...with added sulfide minerals, as well as natural, pyrite- and chalcopyrite-bearing limestone samples that...together with its flexible implementation in field and mine sites with limited infrastructure, are the strongest...host limestone, El Mochito Zn-Pb-(Ag) skarn massive sulfide-oxide deposit, Honduras: Economic Geology |  | Zhang, Yong-chao, Gao, Shun-bao, Zheng, You-ye, Jiang, Jun-sheng, Zhang, Shu-zhi, Jiang, Xiao-jia, Guo, Xin-ran (2018) Mineralogy, fluid inclusions and C–H–O–S–Pb isotopes of the Palaeocene Longgen Pb-Zn deposit in the western Nyainqentanglha belt, Tibet. Ore Geology Reviews, 102. 18-43 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.08.026 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of galena and sphalerite, followed by magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite and bornite...layers. These zones generally grade from a minor pyrite limestone to a pyroxene-epidote skarn, a pyroxene...along with minor chalcopyrite (Figs. 5f-g, 7a-e), pyrite (Figs. 5f, 7b-c), magnetite and pyrrhotite (Figs...garnet and epidote skarns. Only trace galena and pyrite were observed in the granite porphyry (Fig. 4)...high-temperature sulfides such as chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite (Fig. 8) and the gangue minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ,2, Mohammed Bouabdellah3, Oussama Zemri3 1 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University...Petrologie, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland 3 Department of Geosciences, Mohammed Premier University,...relatively low temperatures. Element signatures at El Hammam indicate that the chemical composition of...thousand ppm total rare earth elements (REE) at El Hammam, Morocco. The major element chemistry (Na...Spatially related lamprophyres predating the formation of El Hammam share a similar ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT trace |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite, barite, quartz and a small amount of pyrite and galena (Fig. 3e, f). Locally, it has been shown...quartz (5–10 vol%), gypsum, anhydrite, galena and pyrite (<10 vol%) (Fig. 2. g–j). In most cases, calcite...Xianshuihe fault in the north (Fig. 2b). As the only adit mine at MD, this deposit contains resources of 115,075...Dagudao section. (g–h) Fluorite–barite–calcite–pyrite–bastnäsite-(Ce) veins cutting wall-rock metadiabase...metadiabase. (i–j) Fluorite–barite–calcite–pyrite–bastnäsite-(Ce) veins crosscutting wall-rock Permian marble |  | | Report (issue) | | Development Preparado con Ia cooperacion de Ia Agencia para el Desarrollo lnternacional Errata for Circular 1006...Circular 1006, que fueron hechas par un contratista para el U.S. Geological Survey, contienen series errores...hacen que el texto sea confuse. Para evitar esos errores se debe considerar como valido el texto original...continuaci6n Ia lista de autores par arden alfabetico con el idioma del texto original. Ashley y Berger Bennet...haya ocurrido. El idioma original de los lnformes de Discusi6n de Grupo fue en ingles El idioma original |  | Schlegel, Tobias U., Wagner, Thomas, Wälle, Markus, Heinrich, Christoph A. (2018) Hematite Breccia-Hosted Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits Require Magmatic Fluid Components Exposed to Atmospheric Oxidation: Evidence from Prominent Hill, Gawler Craton, South Australia. Economic Geology, 113 (3) 597-644 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2018.4564 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization was formed through a two-stage process. Early pyrite and minor chalcopyrite were deposited from moderately...unknown proportions, from magmatic-hydrothermal pyrite derived in a preore stage of mineralization and...ideally containing carbonates and some earlier pyrite. †Corresponding author: e-mail, tobias.schlegel@emr...2012; Allen et al., 2016) and is the second-largest mine in Downloaded from https://pubs.geoscienceworld...addition, the dated gabbros show miarolitic cavities, pyrite-bearing exsolutions dominated by quartz, phlogopite |  | Beinlich, Andreas, Barker, Shaun L.L., Dipple, Gregory M., Hansen, Lyle D., Megaw, Peter K.M. (2019) Large-Scale Stable Isotope Alteration Around the Hydrothermal Carbonate-Replacement Cinco de Mayo Zn-Ag Deposit, Mexico. Economic Geology, 114 (2) 375-396 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2019.4635 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Australia 2 Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU), Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, The...Silver Corp. The property is centered on the Sierra Santa Lucia, a 4-km-wide, 15-km-long ridge composed of...Mantos consist of massive fine- to coarse-grained pyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, and sphalerite, with minor...Upper Manto CM10-322 ex Cinco de Mayo Historic mine site ic o Silica mineralization Creek Inferred...drill holes at the northwest tip of the Sierra Santa Lucia. Regional high- and low-altitude, district-scale |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | euhedral crystals of muscovite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, scheelite, calcite, and fluorite...from the wolframite-quartz veins in the underground mine working between 700 and 1400 m.a.s.l. at Yaogangxian...fluorite, chm = chamosite, cal = calcite, py = pyrite. (Color online.) American Mineralogist, vol. 104...inclusion in opaque minerals was previously applied in pyrite and enargite from the high-sulfidation epithermal...from the Yaogangxian Mine is appreciated for providing complete access to the mine and allowing us to collect |
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El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras