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Rio Hondo [35-6]

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10085509
MRDS ID W701106
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Hondo [35-6]

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.25085, 18.21816 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comerío Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barranquitas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern(hydrologic unit)

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.25085, 18.21816
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURRENCE IS NEAR AND IN THE RIO MATON LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE ROBLES FORMATION AND THE LIMESTONE UNIT OF FORMATION L AS WELL AS IN MODERATELY SHEARED AND LOCALLY CHLORITIZED LAVA AND FLOW BRECCIA OF PRE-ROBLES ROCKS AND FORMATION L.

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., AND GELABERT, P. A., 1962, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE BARRANQUITAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-336, SHEET 2.

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-AUG-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

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