Mine detail: Cerro Avispa

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 18.07706, -66.19668

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1956

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Veins Cut Host Volcanics Within And On The South Side Of A West-North-West-Trending Belt Of Hydrothermally Altered Rocks.

References

MRDSW701160
DEP10085549
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:: BERGEY, W.R.,1964,SUMMARY REPORT ON THE GOLD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CERRO AVISPA REGION; IN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO}{Deposit:: BROMLEY, P.H.,1962, COST ESTIMATE, CERRO AVISPA PROPERTY, BY LOCKWOOD, KESSLER, AND BARTLETT; ID DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO}{Deposit:: BERGEY, W.R.,1960, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GOLD-SILVER-COPPER VEINS OF THE CERROAVISPA AREA, UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOUND AT THE UNIV. OF PUERTO RICO, MAYAGUEZ}{Deposit:: PEASE, M. H., JR., 1966, SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION IN PUERTO RICO, IN CARIBBEAN GEOL. CONF., 3D, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 1962, TRANS.: JAMAICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PUB. 95, P. 107-112.}
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