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Rio Caliente

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10085510
MRDS ID W701108
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Caliente

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.29807, 18.21316 (WGS84)
Relative position IN THE SOUTHERN HEADWATERS OF THE RIO CALIENTE, NORTH OF THE BARRANQUITAS STOCK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Barranquitas 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)

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.29807, 18.21316
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THESE DEPOSITS WERE PROBABLY DERIVED FROM NEARBY SMALL ALTERED AND UNALTERED HORNBLENDE DIORITE BODIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE VALUE OF THE GOLD REMOVED OR HOW LONG THE SITE WAS WORKED (BRIGGS AND GELABERT, 1962).

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL DAMS BUILT TO STORE WATER FOR SLUICING OPERATIONS AND SOME PARTLY CAVED-IN PITS REMAIN FROM THIS OPERATION.

Comments on development

  • PLACER GOLD WAS REPORTEDLY MINED IN THE LATE 1930'S AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THE BARRANQUITAS STOCK AREA WAS BEING PROSPECTED FOR GOLD.

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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