Mine detail: Cerro La Tiza

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Location:	Guayama County, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long:	18.24427, -66.18418
dep_id:	10009296
mrds_id:	D002191
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Kaolin
Minor mineral:	Quartz
Trace mineral:	Gold, Aluminum, Potassium, Talc-Soapstone, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Alunite, Halloysite, Kaolinite, Pyrophyllite
gangue:	Diaspore, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm:	ELONGATE IRREGULAR LENS
model:	154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration:	Argillic Or Propylitic
ore_ctrl:	East-West Zone = Fault?
Reporter:	Hall, Robert B., Paidakovich, Matthew E.
hrock_unit:	Ucret-Tert Alunitized Zone
hrock_type:	Andesite
arock_type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
disc_yr:	1952
discr:	Hildebrand & Smith, Usgs
References:	Deposit:: HILDEBRAND, F. A., AND SMITH, R. J., 1959 , OCCURRENCES OF ALUNITE, PYROPHYLLITE, AND CLAYS IN THE CERRO LA TIZA AREA, PUERTO RICO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 469 , 82 P. Deposit:: HILDEBRAND, F. A., 1961 , HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS IN EASTERN PUERTO RICO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424 -B, P. 219 - 221 Deposit:: 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. Deposit:: SOLOMIAC, HENRI, 1972, 1972 ANNUAL OPERATORS REPORT, PUERTO RICO: PARNASSE COMPANY PRIVATE REPORT ON FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO. Deposit:: HILDEBRAND, F. A., 1960, ZONES OF HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS IN EASTERN PUERTO RICO: CARIBBEAN GEOL. CONF., 2D, MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO, 1959, TRANS., P. 130-136. Deposit:: PEASE, M. H., JR., AND BRIGGS, R. P., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE COMERIO QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-320. Deposit:: 194? DIREXPL UNKNOWN PROSPECTORS Deposit:: 1952 GEOLMAP F. A. HILDEBRAND AND R. J. SMITH: OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 469 Production:: HILDEBRAND, F. A., AND SMITH, R. J., 1959 , USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 469 , 82 P.