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Janico

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062428
MRDS ID TC35832
Record type Site
Current site name Janico

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.81429, 19.31951 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santiago(province)

Dominican Republic(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Dominican Republic Santiago

Comments on the location information

  • AREA MORE OR LESS PARALLELS RIO JANICO, LOCATION GIVEN FOR POINT SOUTH OF JANICO IN ABOUT MIDDLE OF E-W PLACER AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD FINELY DIVIDED, SMALL NUGGETS NOT UNCOMMON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.81429, 19.31951
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 24139.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • WAS CENTER OF INTENSE PLACER ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYLMUN, E.B., 1992, PLACER GOLD IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 62, NO. 4, P. 56-58

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    HEYLMUN (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACERS DEVELOPED IN GOLD-BEARING OLIGOCENE CONGLOMERATE (TAVERA GROUP).

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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