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Aguayo Prospect

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093877
MRDS ID W701116
Record type Site
Current site name Aguayo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.96056, 18.24094 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MILES SOUTH OF SAN JUAN, 5 MILES WEST OF CAGUAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gurabo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juncos(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Mamey Limestone
    Rock description Mamey Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.96056, 18.24094
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGH-GRADE IRON LENSES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS OF MAMEY LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT.

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

    BERGEY, W.R., 1958, REPORT ON THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF GURABO AREA, CAGUAS CONCESSION, PUERTO RICO; IN REPOSITORY AT DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO

  • Deposit

    BROEDEL, C. H., 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING IRON AND COPPER PROSPECTS IN THE JUNCOS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-326.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit [PREVIOUS UPDATER AND DATE: BAWIEC, WALTER J., 90 07.]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

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