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Rio Jajome

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023034
MRDS ID GEM1117
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Jajome

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.13696, 18.08539 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG ROAD 15

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cayey Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cayey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern(hydrologic unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Puerto Rico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericite, Minor Clay

Analytical data

Result ROCK SAMPLES TO 700 PPM CU, 300 PPM ZN, TRACE HG, AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.13696, 18.08539
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Part Of The Cerro Avispa N 45 W Trend

Ore body information

  • General form CIRCULAR PIPE
    Length 243.84M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1971
Discoverer Parnasse

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cominco American Resources

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHORT ADIT 1 KM TO THE SE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOLOMIAC, HENRI, 1972, 1972 ANNUAL OPERATORES REPORT, PUERTO RICO: PARNESSE COMPANY PRIVATE REPORT ON FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RIC

  • Deposit

    COMINCO AMERICAN RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    PARNASSE COMPANY = MAPPING AND SAMPLING

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIPE CONTAINS MULTICLASTIC FRAGMENTS OF VOLCANICS AND INTRUSTIVE SET IN A ROCK FLOWER MATRIX
Deposit TRACE ELEMENTS INDICITIVE OF VERY HIGH LEVEL EPITHERMAL SYSTEM ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1990 Mckelvey, G.E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1990 Bawiec, Walter J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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