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Unnamed 48-15

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085546
MRDS ID W701157
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed 48-15
Related records 10056987

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.4528, 18.03206 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juana Díaz Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rio Descalabrado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern(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
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.4528, 18.03206
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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

    GLOVER, LYNN, III, AND MATSON, P.H., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RIO DESCALABRADO QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. INV. MAP I-735, SCALE 1:20,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SMALL VEINS.
Deposit [PREVIOUS UPDATER AND DATE: BAWIEC, WALTER J., 90 08.]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-90 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-91 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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