Tanama Copper Deposit

Prospect in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157591
MRDS ID W701014
MAS/MILS ID 0729990002
Record type Site
Current site name Tanama Copper Deposit
Alternate or previous names North & South Tanama
Related records 10085423

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -66.78977, 18.25896 (WGS84)
Elevation 510

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utuado Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayaney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Puerto Rico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -66.78977, 18.25896

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 200M
    Length 1200M
    Width 900M
    Area 1295HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1295
    Date of Last Modification 781222

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS PORPHYRY COPPER TYPE.
  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN STOCKS FLANKING THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN EDGE OF THE UTUADO BATHOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1958

Mining district

District name Tanama

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobra Caribe, S. A.
    Interest 100
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    LUTJEN,GP. THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE PUERTO RICAN COPPER MINES

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEB.1971,PP.74-84

  • Deposit

    USGS MISC.GEOL.INVESTIGATION MAP I-525, 1968, BAYANEY QUAD.

  • Deposit

    PEASE,1966, SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION IN

  • Deposit

    RICO, IN CARRIBEAN GEOL.CONF.,30,KINGSTON,JAMAICA,1962, TRAN

  • Deposit

    JAMAICA GEOL.SURVEY PUB.95, PP 107-112.

  • Deposit

    TROP,E.H.,1968,MINING CONDITIONS ARE READY:THE SAN JUAN STAR

  • Deposit

    NO.3012, P.1,16.

  • Deposit

    BRIGGS, REGINALD P., 1967, MINERAL RESOURCES OF PUERTO RICO.

  • Deposit

    TED FROM THE REVISTA DEL COLEGIO DE INGENIEROS, ARQUIT

  • Deposit

    Y AGRIMENSORES DE PUERTO RICO. VOL XIX NO. 2, APR-MAY-

  • Deposit

    69. P.34.

  • Deposit

    COX, DENNIS P. & REGINALD P. BRIGGS. 1973. METALLOGENIC MAP

  • Deposit

    TO RICO. U.S.G.S. MISC GEOL INVEST MAP I-721.

  • Deposit

    "PROTESTANTS PROTEST AMAX-KENNECOTT VENTURE IN PUERTO RICO".

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING, MARCH 1971. P.24.

  • Deposit

    & MINING JOURNAL. SEPT 1968 PP 171-172.

  • Deposit

    COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO MINING COMMISSION. 1969. SUMMARY

  • Deposit

    POSED COPPER MINING & SMELTING IN PUERTO RICO BY AMAX

  • Deposit

    KENNECOTT COPPER CORP. 6 PP.

  • Deposit

    ACKERMAN,DH.. INDUSTRIAL PUERTO RICO. MINING, V.7,NO1,1970,

  • Deposit

    PP.10-17.

  • Deposit

    COX,DP.,LARSON,R,R. AND R,B.TRIPP. HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION

  • Deposit

    IN PUERTO RICAN PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS. GEOL., V.68,

  • Deposit

    N0.8,DEC.1973, PP. 1329-1334

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ECONOMIC INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT FOUND IN SEQ 0729990001 THIS DEPOSIT FILE AS WELL AS FILE NUMBERS 99-030-0003 & 99-0 HAVE BEEN COMBINED INTO FILE NUMBER 99-030-0001 FOR T OSE OF WORKING OUT THE MINING & BENEFICIATION METHODS THESE DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AS ONE DEPOSIT FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES. THE RESERVES FOR THIS DEPOSIT ARE FOUND IN SEQUENCE 0729990001, KNOWN AS THE RIO VIVI DEPOSIT, IN QUANT-GRADE MATRIX 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Potts, R.R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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