| Deposit ID | 10279106 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0729990003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rio Vivi |
| Alternate or previous names | Piedra Hueca |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.68617, 18.19786 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 670 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Adjuntas Municipio(county)
Puerto Rico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Adjuntas(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 |
|---|
| United States |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Biotite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Oligoclase | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -66.68617, 18.19786 |
|---|
| Thickness | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 450M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 790HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rio Vivi |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ponce Mining Co |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Puerto Rico |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0729990003 |
ACKERMAN,DH. INDUSTRIAL PUERTO RICO. MINING, V.7,NO.1,1970,
PP10-17, 64-66.
LUTJEN,GP. THE CURIOUS CASE OF PURTO RICAN CU MINES.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 2/71, PP.74-84.
USGS MISC.GEOL.INVESTIGATION MAP I-519, 1968, ADJUNTASQUAD.
THIS MONTH IN MINING, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, SEPT
1968, PP. 171-72.
COX, D.P. AND R.P.BRIGGS, METALLOGENIC MAP OF PUERTO RICO,
I-721, USGS, 1973.
HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN PUERTO RICAN PORPHERY COPPER
DEPOSITS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,VOL. 68, NO.8,DEC.,1973,PP1329-34
GEOLOGY OF THE RIO VIVI PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, PUERTO
RICO, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.66, NO.6,SEPT.1971, P977.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 50,000 TO 1,000,000 MT OF PORPHYRY COPPER, COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF THIS DEPOSIT, 72-999-0004 AND 72-999-0002 INCLUDED IN C DEP. 72-999-0001. PROPERTIES WILL BE MINED CONCURRENTLY, HAVE ONE COMMON CONCENTRATOR AND SMELTER. THE RESERVES FOR THIS DEPOSIT ARE STATED IN THE RIO VIVI FILE, SEQUENCE NO. 0729990001, AS QUANT-GRADE MATRIX 5. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1993 | Schmidt | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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