Mine detail: Rosario

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 18.134, -67.08281

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LINERAR ZONE BETWEEN VOLCANICS AND LIMESTONE
Discovery year: 1959

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Structure:N 50 W
Tectonic:Bermeja Complex
Alteration processes:Silicification, Sericite

References

MRDSGEM1113
DEP10023032
Reference{Deposit:: LUDDEN. R.B., 1961, REPORT ON GEOLOGIC RECONNAISANCE IN THE CABO ROJO AND SAN GERMAN-SABANA GRANDE PERMIT AREA, PUERTO RICO: PHELPS DODGE PRIVATE REPORT ON FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO.}{Deposit:: VOLCKMANN, R.P., 1984, UPPER CRETACEOUS STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO: A REVISION, IN STRATIGRAPHIC NOTES, 1983, 1537-A OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO STRATIGRAPHY, BULLETIN: ALEXANDRIA, VA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 83.}{Deposit:: PHELPS DODGE, SAMPLING, MAPPIN}
ReporterMckelvey, G.E., Schellekens, J.H.