Cerro De Maimon

Prospect in Sanchez Ramirez, Dominican Republic with commodities Copper, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279468
MAS/MILS ID 2470410003
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro De Maimon
Alternate or previous names Cerro Maimon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.99954, 18.00069 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanchez Ramirez(province)

Dominican Republic(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Dominican Republic Sanchez Ramirez

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.99954, 18.00069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 3500000mt ore
    Total resources 3500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.77 wt-pct Copper Major 1995
    Nickel Ni 2.1 wt-pct Nickel Major 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    FALCONBRIDGE LTD., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.20.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 10/14/83, P.282.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 10/1/83, P.2.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 7/6/84, P.3.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 8/N 14, 8/3/89, P.5,6.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 8/11/89, P.106.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.