Mine detail: Beatriz

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Location: Caguas County, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.18399, -66.06196
dep_id: 10085516
mrds_id: W701114
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
other_matl: Pyrite
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Argillic Alteration Of Volcanics
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.)
hrock_unit: Formation J
hrock_type: Tonalite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_type: Tonalite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Nnw Trending Faults
References:
  • 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:: ROGERS, C.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CAGUAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. INV. MAP I-1152, SCALE 1:20,000.
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