Guanajibo

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Nickel, PGE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039283
MRDS ID M046896
Record type Site
Current site name Guanajibo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.18281, 17.95068 (WGS84)
Relative position AT CABO ROJO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cabo Rojo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico OE S(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

  • PUERTO RICO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.18281, 17.95068

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mayaguez

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.3 wt-pct Nickel Major 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOUR. 1977 , V. 178 , NO. 11 , P. 150

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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