Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBiotite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Oligoclase, Pyrite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10279106
Alternate namesPiedra Hueca
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates18.19786, -66.68617
References
USGS MISC.GEOL.INVESTIGATION MAP I-519, 1968, ADJUNTASQUAD.THIS MONTH IN MINING, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, SEPT1968, PP. 171-72.COX, D.P. AND R.P.BRIGGS, METALLOGENIC MAP OF PUERTO RICO,I-721, USGS, 1973.HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN PUERTO RICAN PORPHERY COPPERDEPOSITS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,VOL. 68, NO.8,DEC.,1973,PP1329-34GEOLOGY OF THE RIO VIVI PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, PUERTORICO, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.66, NO.6,SEPT.1971, P977.ACKERMAN,DH. INDUSTRIAL PUERTO RICO. MINING, V.7,NO.1,1970,PP10-17, 64-66.LUTJEN,GP. THE CURIOUS CASE OF PURTO RICAN CU MINES.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 2/71, PP.74-84.