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Unnamed 21-7

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085448
MRDS ID W701039
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed 21-7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.30085, 18.28288 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Corozal Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corozal(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
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Avispa Formation
    Rock description Avispa Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.30085, 18.28288
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • MINERAL OCCURRENCE

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

    NELSON, A. E., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COROZAL QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-473.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit [PREVIOUS UPDATER AND DATE: BAWIEC, WALTER J., 90 08.]

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

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