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Monte El Gato

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Copper
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086450
MRDS ID WALT001
Record type Site
Current site name Monte El Gato

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.18279, 18.084 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTH OF CAYEY,6 MILES NORTWEST OF GUAYAMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cayey Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cayey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern(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
Gold Primary
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dominant Alteration Silicification;Sericite,Clay Minerals Abundant

Analytical data

Result SOIL ANALYSIS DONE FOR COPPER 18% OF SAMPLES > 100P

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.18279, 18.084
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N
    Dip STEEP
    Length 457.2M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer A.D.Fraser

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fraser, A. D.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERGEY, W.R.,1963, REPORT ON THE GEOCHEMICAL SOIL SURVEY, CERRO AVISPA AREA (CERCADILLO PORTION);IN REPOSITORY OF THE DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO

  • Deposit

    BERGEY, W.R.,1964, SUMMARY REPORT ON THE GOLD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CERRO AVISPA REGION, IN REPOSITORY AT THE DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCK CONTAINING GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEINS
Deposit BRECCIA PIPES ARE PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1990 Bawiec, Walter J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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