| 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 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.78977, 18.25896 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 510 |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Puerto Rico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -66.78977, 18.25896 |
|---|
| Thickness | 200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 1200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 900M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1295HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1958 |
| District name | Tanama |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cobra Caribe, S. A. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0729990002 |
LUTJEN,GP. THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE PUERTO RICAN COPPER MINES
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEB.1971,PP.74-84
USGS MISC.GEOL.INVESTIGATION MAP I-525, 1968, BAYANEY QUAD.
PEASE,1966, SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION IN
RICO, IN CARRIBEAN GEOL.CONF.,30,KINGSTON,JAMAICA,1962, TRAN
JAMAICA GEOL.SURVEY PUB.95, PP 107-112.
TROP,E.H.,1968,MINING CONDITIONS ARE READY:THE SAN JUAN STAR
NO.3012, P.1,16.
BRIGGS, REGINALD P., 1967, MINERAL RESOURCES OF PUERTO RICO.
TED FROM THE REVISTA DEL COLEGIO DE INGENIEROS, ARQUIT
Y AGRIMENSORES DE PUERTO RICO. VOL XIX NO. 2, APR-MAY-
69. P.34.
COX, DENNIS P. & REGINALD P. BRIGGS. 1973. METALLOGENIC MAP
TO RICO. U.S.G.S. MISC GEOL INVEST MAP I-721.
"PROTESTANTS PROTEST AMAX-KENNECOTT VENTURE IN PUERTO RICO".
ENGINEERING, MARCH 1971. P.24.
& MINING JOURNAL. SEPT 1968 PP 171-172.
COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO MINING COMMISSION. 1969. SUMMARY
POSED COPPER MINING & SMELTING IN PUERTO RICO BY AMAX
KENNECOTT COPPER CORP. 6 PP.
ACKERMAN,DH.. INDUSTRIAL PUERTO RICO. MINING, V.7,NO1,1970,
PP.10-17.
COX,DP.,LARSON,R,R. AND R,B.TRIPP. HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION
IN PUERTO RICAN PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS. GEOL., V.68,
N0.8,DEC.1973, PP. 1329-1334
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1993 | Potts, R.R. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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