Loma Del Gallo

Past Producer in La Vega, Dominican Republic with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062406
MRDS ID TC35803
Record type Site
Current site name Loma Del Gallo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.27373, 18.95092 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.5 KM E OF HATILLO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Vega(province)

Dominican Republic(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Dominican Republic La Vega

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE CREST OF THE MAIN RIDGE OF LOMA MOGOTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result MAGNETITE: 67.91% FE, 0.03% P, 0.08% TIO R2O3

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mogote Stock
    Rock description Mogote Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.27373, 18.95092

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 149.35M
    Width 73.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1891
Discoverer M. Fieux

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND GORDON, MACKENZIE, JR., 1950, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESORUCES OF THE MAIMON-HATILLO DISTRICT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: U.S. GEOLGOICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-D, P. 306-356.

  • Deposit

    BRINSMADE, R.B., 1918, IRON IN SANTO DOMINGO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, SEPT. 14, 1918, V. 117, NO. 1, P. 356-358.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND SERICITE SCHIST, ON SOUTHERN EDGE OF SMALL MOGOTE SYENITE STOCK; SURFACE MATERIAL PITTED IN 1891 WITHOUT FINDING ORIGINAL DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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