Loma De La Mina

Past Producer in La Vega, Dominican Republic with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062405
MRDS ID TC35802
Record type Site
Current site name Loma De La Mina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.21095, 18.92481 (WGS84)
Elevation 400
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 4 KM SE OF HATILLO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Vega(province)

Dominican Republic(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Dominican Republic La Vega

Comments on the location information

  • ON TOPOGRAPHIC BENCH 0.7 KM N OF SUMMIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Kaolin Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.21095, 18.92481

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 250M
    Width 150M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME GOSSAN FRAGMENTS ON THE SURFACE, PROSPECTED TO DEPTH OF 10 M, SOME SLAG RUNNING 3% CU, SYENITE ABOUT 1 KM EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Early Spanish Prospectors

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PITS, MAIN DUMP IS 75 M IN DIAMETER, 25 M MAXIMUM DEPTH.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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