Bulla Placer

Past Producer in Santiago, Dominican Republic with commodities Gold, PGE
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062431
MRDS ID TC35836
Record type Site
Current site name Bulla Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.0743, 19.42645 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI E OF MONCION, 11 MI NW OF SAN JOSE DE LAS MATAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santiago(province)

Dominican Republic(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Dominican Republic Santiago

Comments on the location information

  • ON SHARP BEND IN RIO MAO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.0743, 19.42645

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYLMUN, E.B., 1992, PLACER GOLD IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 62, NO. 4, P. 56-58

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    HEYLMUN (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS IN AN AREA OF 3 SQ MI, ON TERRACE 65 FT ABOVE RIVER. REPORTED TO HAVE DIAMONDS.

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.