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Unnamed 22-2

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Copper, Barium-Barite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085450
MRDS ID W701041
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed 22-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.14085, 18.28899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guaynabo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naranjito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern(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
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite; Hydrothermal Alteration Dated At 75.1 +/- 1.8 My

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Santa Oleiya Formation
    Rock description Santa Oleiya Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.14085, 18.28899
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • MINERAL OCCURRENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COX, DENNIS P., AND BRIGGS, REGINALD P., 1973, METALLOGENIC MAP OF PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-721, ACCOMPANIED BY EXPLANATORY PAMPHLET, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    COX, D. P., MARVIN, R. F., M'GONIGLE, J. W., MCINTYRE, D. H., AND ROGERS, C. L., 1977, POTASSIUM-ARGON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF SOME METAMORPHIC, IGNEOUS, AND HYDROTHERMAL EVENTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOUR. RESEARCH, VOL. 5, NO. 6, P. 689-703.

  • Deposit

    SEIDERS, V. M., 1971, CRETACEOUS AND LOWER TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY OF THE GURABO AND EL YUNQUE QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1294-F.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Schellekens, J.H. University of Puerto Rico

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

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