Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMajor Fault Zones??? Traces Of Chalcopyrite Are Localized In The Intrusive Rock In Quartz Veins Adjacent And Essentially Parallel To The Basal Limestone Contact.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
GangueJarosite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite
AlterationSilcia, Sericite, Alunite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10085515
MRDS IDW701113
RegionCR
Data scoreB
Coordinates18.1951, -66.17057
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.SOLOMIAC, H., 1971, REPORT ON THE CAGUAS - NARARJITO CONCESSION, PUERTO RICO: PARNASSE COMPANY PRIVATE REPROT ON FILE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOUECES, PUERTO RICO.PEASE, M. H., 1966, SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION IN PUERTO RICO, IN CARIBBEAN GEOL. CONF., 3RD, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 1962, TRANS.: JAMAICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PUB. 95, P. 110.