Mine detail: Piedra Hueca Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 18.19788, -66.68614

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite
Gangue: Chlorite, Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Deposit Is Only Weakly Fractured
Alteration processes:Biotitic, Weak Propylytic, Without Plagioclase Destruction

References

MRDSW701071
DEP10085480
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:: BRADLEY, R. A., 1971, THE GEOLOGY OF THE RIO VIVI PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, PUERTO RICO [ABS.]: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 66, NO. 6, P. 977.}{Deposit:: COX, D. P., LARSEN, R. R., AND TRIPP, R. B., 1973, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN PUERTO RICAN PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 68, NO. 8, P. 1329-1334.}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E.