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Unnamed 23-7

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Copper
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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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085457
MRDS ID W701048
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed 23-7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.09113, 18.26649 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aguas Buenas Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aguas Buenas(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic Or Propylitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Los Negros Formation
    Rock description Los Negros Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.09113, 18.26649
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
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

    PEASE, M. H., JR., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AGUAS BUENAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-479.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit [PREVIOUS UPDATER: BAWIEC, WALTER J., 90 08.]

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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