Inoa Placers

Producer in Santiago, Dominican Republic with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10110123
MRDS ID TC35831
Record type Site
Current site name Inoa Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.98486, 19.35312 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position AT VILLAGE OF INOA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santiago(province)

Dominican Republic(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Dominican Republic Santiago

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CONFLUENCE OF RIO INOA AND RIO AMINA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURS AS FLAKES, OCCASIONAL NUGGETS; FINES, 0.930

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.98486, 19.35312

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1595

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RUNS ABOUT 0.02 0Z/CU YD AU; REMAINS ACTIVE OFF AND ON UP TO PRESENT DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYLMUN, E.B., 1992, PLACER GOLD IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 62, NO. 4, P. 56-58

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    HEYLMUN (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY SPANISH
Deposit RICHEST AREA IS 800 X 4000 FT WITH NUMEROUS PITS UP TO 15 FT DEEP; GOLD-BEARING GRAVELS UNDERLY AREA OF 1 SQ MI ON TOP OF OLIGOCENE GOLD-BEARING CONGLOMERATE (TAVERA GROUP).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.