Mine detail: Cala Abajo Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

18.18955, -66.68003

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Deposit Is Cut By The Major Fault, Strong Fracturing Of Deposit Has Provided Channelways For Intense Leaching, Supergene Argillization, And Secondary Chalcocite Deposition
Alteration processes:	Extensive Propylitic And Sericitic; Localized Argillic, With Plagioclase Albitized Or, More Commonly, Completely Destroyed

References

MRDS	W701073
DEP	10085482
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.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1994, USMX BOOSTS GOLD, COPPER RESERVES: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 26, 1994, V. 80, NO. 30, P. 3.}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Page, Norman J.