Mine detail: Rosario

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.134, -67.08281
dep_id: 10023032
mrds_id: GEM1113
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINERAR ZONE BETWEEN VOLCANICS AND LIMESTONE
alteration: Silicification, Sericite
ore_ctrl: Stockwork Veing
Reporter: Mckelvey, G.E., Schellekens, J.H.
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: N 50 W
tectonic: Bermeja Complex
disc_yr: 1959
discr: A.D. Fraser,
References:
  • 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
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