| Deposit ID | 10096715 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701101 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rio Hondo [35-1] |
| Alternate or previous names | Antonio, Alto |
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.27307, 18.22122 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Barranquitas Municipio(county)
Puerto Rico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Barranquitas(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Puerto Rico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Model code | 59 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18b |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 8 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| (1) | -66.27307, 18.22122 |
|---|
| General form | 5 SEPARATE ZONES OF ALTERATION AND WEAK MINERALIZATION |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1958 |
| Discoverer | Fraser |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fraser, A. D. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701101 |
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.
HAWLEY, R.G., 1958, REPORT ON THE RIO HONDO AREA, CENTRAL CONCESSION, PUERTO RICO: A.D. FRASER PRIVATE REPORT ON FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO.
BRIGGS, R. P., AND GELABERT, P. A., 1962, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE BARRANQUITAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-336, SHEET 2.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SKARN MINERALIZATION IN CARBONATE BEARING UNITS WITHIN A VOLCANIC ANDESITE SECTION. DRILLED BY SEVERAL COMPANIES FINDING ONLY TRACES OF COPPER AND GOLD. [PREVIOUS UPDATER AND DATE: MCKELVEY, G. E., 90 07.] ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| 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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