Mine detail: Barrio Pasto Deposits

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Location

Lat / long: 18.28955, -66.43363

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Breccia-Filling
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Avispa Formation
Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Andesite

References

MRDSW701029
DEP10085438
Reference{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:: MITCHELL, R.C., 1954, A SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY OF PUERTO RICO: PUERTO RICO UNIV., AGR. EXPT. STA. TECH. PAPER 13, P. 107-8.}{Deposit:: BRIGGS, R. P., 1969, CHANGES IN STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE IN THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM, EAST-CENTRAL PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1274-O, 31 P.}{Deposit:: COLONY, R. J., AND MEYERHOFF, H. A., 1928, THE COPPER PROSPECT AT BARRIO PASTO, PORTO RICO: ECON. GEOL., 23 (5), P. 515-527.}{Deposit:: BERRYHILL, H. L., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE CIALES QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1184, 116 P.}
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