Mine detail: Sapo Alegre Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

18.19788, -66.67864

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Discovery year:	1957

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Mineralized Zone Is Cut By Abundant Faults And Mineralized Fractures Spaced A Few Decimeters Apart
Alteration processes:	Biotite-Chlorite Zone In The Porphyry Near Its Contact With Surrounding Metavolcanics, Contains Cu, Mo, Au, Ag, Se, And Te; A Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite Zone Within The Porphyry, With Metals Of The Biotite-Chlorite Zone Nearly Absent

References

MRDS	W701072
DEP	10085481
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:: COX, DENNIS P., PEREZ GONZALEZ, ILEANA, AND NASH, J. THOMAS, 1975, GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND FLUID-INCLUSION PETROGRAPHY OF THE SAPO ALEGRE PORPHYRY COPPER PROSPECT AND ITS METAVOLCANIC WALLROCKS, WEST-CENTRAL PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOUR. RESEARCH, V. 3, NO. 3, P. 313-327.}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E.