Escuela Prospect

Past Producer in Gurabo county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085517
MRDS ID W701115
Record type Site
Current site name Escuela Prospect
Alternate or previous names Jaguar Vein, Mamey Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.96473, 18.24177 (WGS84)
Relative position RIDGE BETWEEN HIGHWAY PR181 AND A LARGE STREAM ABOUT 3 KILOMETERS EAST, IN BARRIOS JAGUAR AND MAMEY OF GURABO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gurabo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juncos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(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 County
United States Puerto Rico Gurabo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn Or Tactite Composed Of Quartz, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF HIGH GRADE COPPER (>20%)

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.96473, 18.24177

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Discontinuous

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT. ; ECON.COM: VEINS NARROW (MAX. 4 FT. WIDTH) AND DISCONTINUOUS; LITTLE POSSIBILITY OF ECONOMIC POTENTIAL UNLESS MORE VEINS FOUND, OR FOUND TO BE CONTINUOUS.

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

    TURNER, MORT D., 1959, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE GURABO AREA, PUERTO RICO; IN REPOSITORY OF DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO

  • Deposit

    BERGEY, W.R., 1958, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON RESULTS OF TRENCHING OF THE MAMEY VEIN, GURABO PROJECT, CAGUAS CONCESSION; IN REPOSITORY OF THE DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICE

  • Deposit

    BROEDEL, C. H., 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING IRON AND COPPER PROSPECTS IN THE JUNCOS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-326.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALIZATION FOUND IN SKARN DEPOSITS WITH HIGH PROPORTIONS OF MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE, AND WITH NORTH-WEST STRIKING VEINS AND SHEARS
Deposit [PREVIOUS UPDATER AND DATE: BAWIEC, WALTER J., 90 07.]

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

Beyond USGS

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