| Deposit ID | 10181828 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0729990011 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maricao East |
| Alternate or previous names | Maricao Southwest - East Deposit, Las Tetas De Cerro Gordo West |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.96508, 18.13817 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 854 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sabana Grande Municipio(county)
Puerto Rico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Maricao(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Culebrinas-Guanajibo(hydrologic unit)
Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)
Caribbean(hydrologic region)
| Country |
|---|
| United States |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Gibbsite | Unknown |
| Goethite | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Kaolinite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -66.96508, 18.13817 |
|---|
| Thickness | 17.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 915M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 18HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Other |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0729990011 |
BRIGGS, R.P. MINERAL RESOURCES OF PUERTO RICO. CONFERENCE ON
OF NAT.RES., UNIV. OF PUERTO RICO, 1969, PP. 33-35.
BRIGGS, R.P. PROVISIONAL MAP OF PUERTO RICO AND ADJACENT ISL
CORRICK, J.D. NICKEL. MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILES BUMINES MCP
1977, 19 PP.
CORRICK, J.D. NICKEL. BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK 1975, P.2.
COX, D.P. AND R.P. BRIGGS. METALLOGENIC MAP OF PUERTO RICO.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-721, 1973.
GELABERT, P.A. AND P.M. REILLY. ECONOMIC MINERAL RESOURCES O
PUERTO RICO. PUERTO RICO MINING COMMISSION, 19 , P. 23-26.
HEIDENREICH, W.L. AND B.M. REYNOLDS. NICKEL-COBALT-IRON-BEAR
DEPOSITS IN PUERTO RICO. BUMINES RI 5532, 1959, 68 PP.
JOYCE, F.E. JR. SULFATIZATION OF NICKELIFEROUS LATERITES. BU
RI 6644, 1965, 16 PP.
KINGSTON, G.A., F.V. CARRILLO, J.T. GRAY, AND P. MCILROY.
AVAILABILITY OF U.S. PRIMARY NICKEL RESOURCES. BUMINES IC 84
1970, 57 PP.
MATTSON, P.H. GEOLOGY OF THE MAYAGUEZ AREA, PUERTO RICO. BUL
SOC.AMER., V.71, MARCH, 1960, PP.319-362.
SIEMENS, R.E., P.C. GOOD, AND W.A. STICKNEY. RECOVERY OF NIC
COBALT FROM LOW-GRADE DOMESTIC LATERITES. BUMINES IC 8027, 1
14 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ENTERED 1977 FOR MAS NI STUDY BY A. BROCOUM REC 010 COL 44/UNDER PUERTO RICO MINING LAW OF 1954 ALL MIN. ARE OWNED BY THE COMMONWEALTH, LAND IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE REC 030 FIELD 67-71/ELEVATION RANGES BETWEEN 823M AND 884M REC 040 COL 46/SOIL IS LATERITIC REC 040 COL 70/MAP SCALE IS 1:20,000 REC 060/DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF LATERITE AND WEATHERED SERPENTIN REC 080 FIELD 26-34/WEATHERING OF PERIDOTITE CONTROLLED BY E UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS PLANS TO CONSTRUCT $2,000,000 DEMONST PLANT TO TEST NEW HYDROMETALLURGICAL TREATMENT OF LATERITIC PARTICULARLY PUERTO RICO NI ORES, AT TUCZON, ARIZONA MATRIX 6/ COLUMN 1 FROM IC 8469, 1970, COL 2 ENRICHED ZONE, OVERBURDEN, ALL FROM RI 5532, 1959 MATRIX 1/ CUMULATIVE FROM RI 5532 INFERRED RESOURCES OF OVER AND ENRICHED ZONE, AGREES WITH COL 1, MATRIX 6 REC 151/BENEFICIATION OF OXIDE NI ORES IS NOT ECONOMICALLY F |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 28-FEB-84 | Brocoum, A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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