| Deposit ID | 10085423 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701014 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tanama Deposit |
| Related records | 10157591 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.79086, 18.25899 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIO TANAMA NEAR THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE BAYANEY QUADRANGLE, IN THE MUNICIPIO DE UTUADO, 3.2 KM SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF ANGELES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utuado Municipio(county)
Puerto Rico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bayaney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)
Caribbean(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Puerto Rico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Model code | 78 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 20c |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Au |
| Mark3 model number | 34 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite |
| (1) | -66.79086, 18.25899 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Mineralized Pluton Is In An Elongate Cluster Of Stocks Aligned Perpendicular To The Regional Grain Of The Island. |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1958 |
| Discoverer | Kennecott Copper Corp. |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 126000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701014 |
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.
NELSON, A. E., AND TOBISCH, O. T., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAYANEY QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-525.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO ORE BODIES, SEPARATED BY ABOUT 100 M OF WEAKLY MINERALIZED ROCKS. THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS ABUNDANT QUARTZ VEINS AND DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE AND HAS A SECONDARY-ENRICHMENT BLANKET CONTAINING VARIOUS COPPER SULFIDE MINERALS. |
| Deposit | [PREVIOUS UPDATERS: BAWIEC, WALTER J., 90 08, USGS; SCHELLEKENS, J.H., 91 07, UPR.] |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1991 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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