| Deposit ID | 10085467 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701058 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maricao East and Las Tetas De Cerro Gordo East |
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.96504, 18.13817 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | THE MARICAO EAST DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE MARICAO WEST DEPOSIT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sabana Grande Municipio(county)
Puerto Rico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Maricao(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Culebrinas-Guanajibo(hydrologic unit)
Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)
Caribbean(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Puerto Rico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Model code | 110 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 38a |
| Deposit model name | Lateritic Ni |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite |
| (1) | -66.96504, 18.13817 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701058 |
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.
HEIDENREICH, W. L., AND REYNOLDS, B. M., 1959, NICKEL-COBALT-IRON-BEARING DEPOSITS IN PUERTO RICO: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5532, P. 28, 31.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MARICAO EAST DEPOSIT, ABOUT 44 ACRES IN EXTENT, IS AN EROSIONAL REMNANT OF A LARGER DEPOSIT THAT MAY HAVE ALSO INCLUDED THE MARICAO WEST DEPOSIT. ONLY THE READILY ACCESSIBLE WESTERN PART OF THE MARICAO EAST DEPOSIT WAS TESTED. HERE THE AVERAGE THICKNESS OF THE LATERITE AND SOFT SERPENTINE IS 30 FEET AND 28.5 FEET, RESPECTIVELY. THE AVERAGE THICKNESS OF THE ENRICHED ZONE IS 51 FEET, OF WHICH 22.5 FEET IS LATERITE AND 28.5 FEET SOFT SERPENTINE. |
| Deposit | [PREVIOUS UPDATER AND DATE: BAWIEC, WALTER J., 90 08.] |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1991 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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