Mine detail: Pueblo Viejo Mine

Previously called 'CumbaIncludes Moore OxideEast MejitaMonte NegroBench 5Oxide Deposits'

Location:	Dominican Republic, Caribbean
Lat / long:	18.97064, -70.1715
dep_id:	10073048
mrds_id:	W018854
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Trace mineral:	Zinc, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Argentite, Bournonite, Calomel, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Colusite, Covellite, Electrum, Enargite, Galena, Geocronite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Sulfur, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Albite, Alunite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diaspore, Epidote, Illite, Kaolinite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm:	FUNNEL
model:	104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
alteration:	Oxidation Of Sulfide Ore, Silicification, Alunite Propylitization, Kaolinite Is Supergene
conc_proc:	Some Silver Enrichment At Sulfide/Oxide Interface
Reporter:	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Los Ranchos Formation
hrock_type:	Siltstone,Chert,Felsic Volcanic Rock
arock_unit:	Los Ranchos Formation
arock_type:	Felsic Volcanic Rock
Year first produced:	1505
discr:	Native Indians
References:	Deposit:: SCHISSLER, J. H. JR, 1976, PUEBLO VIEJO - ROSARI* GOLD - SILVER PRODUCER, MINING CONGRESS JOUR. 6 - 76 P. 41, 42, 72, 73. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1986, P. 71. Deposit:: BOYLE, R.W., 1979, THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD AND ITS DEPOSITS (TOGETHER WITH A CHAPTER ON GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR THE ELEMENT): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 280, 584 P. Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., RUSSELL, N., SEWARD, M., RIVERA, J., MCCUROY, K., CUMMING, G.L., AND SUTTER, J.F., 1981, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF SULFIDE MINERALIZATION UNDERLYING THE PUEBLO VIEJO GOLD-SILVER OXIDE DEPOSIT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 76, P. 1096-1117. Deposit:: ELLIS, G., 1992, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1992: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JUNE 1992, P. 70. Deposit:: RUSSELL, N., AND KESLER, S.E., 1991, GEOLOGY OF MAAR-DIATREME COMPLEX HOSTING PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION AT PUEBLO VIEJO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IN MANN, P., DRAPER, G., AND LEWIS, J.F., EDS., GEOLOGIC AND TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH AMERICA-CARIBBEAN PLATE BOUNDARY IN HISPANIOLA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER 262, P. 203-215. Deposit:: ROSARIO DOMINICANA, S.A., 1980, FIELD TRIP B, GOLD DEPOSITS OF PUEBLO VIEJO: FIELD GUIDE, 9TH CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, P. 51-67. Deposit:: 1969 DIREXPL ROSARIO RESOURCES - RICH OXIDIZED ZONE DISC Production:: ELLIS (1991) Reserve-Resource:: SCHISSLER, 1976; BOYLE, 1979, ELLIS (1992), KESLER, ET AL (1981); ROSARIO DOMINICANA, S.A. (1980)