Unnamed 20-9

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085437
MRDS ID W701028
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed 20-9

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.43696, 18.30066 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morovis Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ciales(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Puerto Rico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Morovis Pluton
    Rock description Morovis Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Perchas Formation
    Rock description Perchas Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.43696, 18.30066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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

    BRIGGS, R. P., 1969, CHANGES IN STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE IN THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM, EAST-CENTRAL PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1274-O, 31 P.

  • Deposit

    COX, D. P., MARVIN, R. F., M'GONIGLE, J. W., MCINTYRE, D. H., AND ROGERS, C. L., 1977, POTASSIUM-ARGON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF SOME METAMORPHIC, IGNEOUS, AND HYDROTHERMAL EVENTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOUR. RESEARCH, VOL. 5, NO. 6, P. 689-703.

  • Deposit

    BERRYHILL, H. L., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE CIALES QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1184, 116 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Schellekens, J.H. University of Puerto Rico

Beyond USGS

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