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La Boca

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10085414
MRDS ID W701005
Record type Site
Current site name La Boca
Alternate or previous names Barceloneta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.5428, 18.48648 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Barceloneta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Puerto Rico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sand Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.5428, 18.48648
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach Sand Concentrations

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LA BOCA MAGNETITE TONNAGE ESTIMATE, ASSUMING 10 POUNDS MAGNETITE PER CUBIC FOOT: MINIMUM 62,000 TONS, POSSIBLE 78,000 TONS (GUILLOU AND GLASS, 1957, P. 302).

Comments on development

  • MINERAL OCCURRENCE ; ECON.COM: 13 SHALLOW DRILL HOLES INDICATE +2,000,000 TONS POTENTIAL. NO GRADES REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COX, DENNIS P., AND BRIGGS, REGINALD P., 1973, METALLOGENIC MAP OF PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-721, ACCOMPANIED BY EXPLANATORY PAMPHLET, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    O'KELLY, F.S., 1978, REPORT ON EXPLORATION ACTIVITES WITHIN THE LOS CACAOS CONCESSION AREA FOR PERIOD APRIL - OCTOBER, 1977: O'KELLY PRIVATE REPORT ON FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RECOURECES, PUERTO RICO.

  • Deposit

    GUILLOU, R. B., AND GLASS, J. J., 1957,A RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THE BEACH SANDS OF PUERTO RICO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1042-I, P. 302.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSOLIDATED AND SAND OCCURRENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Mckelvey, G.E. U.S. Geological Survey

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