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Loadstone Mountain

Past Producer in La Vega, Dominican Republic with commodity Iron
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062412
MRDS ID TC35812
Record type Site
Current site name Loadstone Mountain
Alternate or previous names Iron Mountain, Sabana De Hatillo, Maimon-Hatillo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.23956, 18.9487 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 300-400 M SSE 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

  • ON MIDDLE OF THREE LITTLE LIMESTONE HILLS SSE OF RIO YUNA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 67.49-69.23% FE (15 SAMPLES)
Result 0.13-0.22% MN (9 SAMPLES)
Result 0.01-0.048% S
Result 0.89-2.02% SIO2 (9 SAMPLES)
Result 0.02-0.059% P (15 SAMPLES)
Result 0.27-1.05% CAO (9 SAMPLES)
Result 0.03-0.10% TIO2

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.23956, 18.9487
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 310.9M
    Width 121.92M

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 14 PITS.

Comments on development

  • PITS DUG IN 1891 AND 1918 WITHOUT FINDING A LODE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND GORDON, MACKENZIE, JR., 1950, U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-D, P. 307-356.

  • Deposit

    KESLER, S.E., LEVY, E., AND MARTINI F., C., 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME H., THE CARIBBEAN REGION, ED. DENGO, G. AND CASE, J.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. V. H., P.459-482.

  • 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

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.

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