Puerto Rico
Occurrence

Barrio Tibes, Rio Portugues

Puerto Rico, United States
IronCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model62: Skarn Fe
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlLenses Occur Near A Contact Of Limestone And Quartz Diorite.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10085531
MRDS IDW701138
RegionCR
Data scoreC
Coordinates18.084, -66.6328
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.MITCHELL, R. C., 1954, A SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY OF PUERTO RICO: PUERTO RICO UNIV., AGR. EXPT. STA. TECH. PAPER 13, 167 P.