| Deposit ID | 10085553 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701164 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yaurel |
| Alternate or previous names | Los Cocaos, Laurel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.05418, 18.03373 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 4 MILES NORTH OF ARROYO, IN THE RIO YAUREL DISTRICT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Arroyo Municipio(county)
Puerto Rico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Patillas(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Puerto Rico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Result | SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY CU = 500 PPM |
|---|
| Model code | 62 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18d |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Fe |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -66.05418, 18.03373 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1957 |
| Discoverer | A.D. Fraser |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | O'Kelly |
| First year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701164 |
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.
O'KELLY,F.S., 1978, REPORT ON EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES WITH THE LOS CACAOS CONCESSION AREA FOR PERIOD APRIL - OCTOBER, 1977: O'KELLY PRIVATE REPORT ON FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO.
MITCHELL, R. C., 1954, A SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY OF PUERTO RICO: PUERTO RICO UNIV. AGR. EXPT. STA. TECH. PAPER 13, 167 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | [PREVIOUS UPDATER AND DATE: MCKELVEY, G. E., 90 07.] ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | A LENS OR BED OF IMPURE IRON, WITH A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 8.5 FEET AND EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY FOR AT LEAST 3/4 MILE HAS, IN PLACES, SLUMPED BADLY, WITH THE RESULT THAT MANY BOULDERS ARE STREWN DOWN THE STEEP HILLSIDES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1991 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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