Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model78: Porphyry Cu-Au
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite
GangueChlorite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite
StructureDeposit Is Only Weakly Fractured
AlterationBiotitic, Weak Propylytic, Without Plagioclase Destruction
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10085480
MRDS IDW701071
RegionCR
Data scoreB
Coordinates18.19788, -66.68614
References
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.BRADLEY, R. A., 1971, THE GEOLOGY OF THE RIO VIVI PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, PUERTO RICO [ABS.]: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 66, NO. 6, P. 977.COX, D. P., LARSEN, R. R., AND TRIPP, R. B., 1973, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN PUERTO RICAN PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 68, NO. 8, P. 1329-1334.