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Rio Santiago Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10086452
MRDS ID WALT003
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Santiago Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.73278, 18.20066 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE AND THREE QUARTER MILES NORTH OF NAGUABO ON A MAJOR EAST TRIBUTARY OF THE RIO SANTIAGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Naguabo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naguabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(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
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE AS DISSEMINATED GRAINS AND BLEBS IN ROCKS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHIP ASSAY 0.013% MOS2

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.73278, 18.20066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form APPEARS TO BE DIKE IN FORM, BUT MAY BE SMALL STOCK
    Length 457.2M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUDDEN, R.B.,196X, REPORT ON GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN THE NAGUABO-HUMACAO PERMIT AREA, PUERTO RICO; BY SHOWLOW MINES CORP, IN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL DIKE OR STOCK OF GRANIDIORITE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE. OUTCROP IS SURROUNDED BY OVERBURDEN AND TRUE SIZE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. A STREAM SEDIMENT SURVEY DID NOT INDICATE MORE EXTENSIVE MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1990 Bawiec, Walter J. U.S. Geological Survey

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