Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlVeins Occupy Tension Fractures Opened As A Result Of Transcurrent Movement Parallel To Belt Of Hydrothermally Altered Rocks.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureVeins Cut Host Volcanics Within And On The South Side Of A West-North-West-Trending Belt Of Hydrothermally Altered Rocks.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10085549
MRDS IDW701160
RegionCR
Data scoreB
Coordinates18.07706, -66.19668
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.BERGEY, W.R.,1964,SUMMARY REPORT ON THE GOLD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CERRO AVISPA REGION; IN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICOBROMLEY, P.H.,1962, COST ESTIMATE, CERRO AVISPA PROPERTY, BY LOCKWOOD, KESSLER, AND BARTLETT; ID DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICOBERGEY, W.R.,1960, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GOLD-SILVER-COPPER VEINS OF THE CERROAVISPA AREA, UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOUND AT THE UNIV. OF PUERTO RICO, MAYAGUEZPEASE, M. H., JR., 1966, SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION IN PUERTO RICO, IN CARIBBEAN GEOL. CONF., 3D, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 1962, TRANS.: JAMAICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PUB. 95, P. 107-112.