Yaque River

Producer in Santiago, Dominican Republic with commodities Gold, Copper, Iridium, Rhodium, Platinum, Palladium, Osmium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109586
MRDS ID M046535
Record type Site
Current site name Yaque River
Alternate or previous names Jackie River, Yaqui Del Norte, Rio Yaque Del Norte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.72151, 19.35312 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR SANTIAGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santiago(province)

Dominican Republic(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Dominican Republic Santiago

Comments on the location information

  • ARBITRARY POINT ON YAQUE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.72151, 19.35312

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cibad Mountains

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 154

  • Deposit

    BULLMAN, C., 1892, PT GROUP METALS: MIN. IND. V. I, P. 375

  • Deposit

    GARRISON, 1907, GOLD MINING IN SANTO DOMINGO: ENG. MIN. JOUR. V, 84, P. 492

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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