Las Lagunas

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062422
MRDS ID TC35823
Record type Site
Current site name Las Lagunas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.14595, 18.91536 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Acc 3 Min, Acc 3 Min

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

  • HILL N OF LAS LAGUNAS PICKED ARBITRARILY AS LOCALITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.14595, 18.91536

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSARIO DOMINICANA, S.A., 1980, FIELD TRIP B, GOLD DEPOSITS OF PUEBLO VIEJO: FIELD GUIDE, 9TH CARIBBEAN GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC P 51-67

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ROSARIO DOMINICANA (1980).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POD CONSISTED OF 90% MAGNETITE.

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.