Mine detail: Rio Hondo [35-1]

Previously called 'AntonioAlto'

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Location

Lat / long: 18.22122, -66.27307

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Orebody form: 5 SEPARATE ZONES OF ALTERATION AND WEAK MINERALIZATION
Other material: Magnetite
Discovery year: 1958

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:Hornblendite
Alteration processes:Garnet, Epidote, Chlorite

References

MRDSW701101
DEP10096715
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:: HAWLEY, R.G., 1958, REPORT ON THE RIO HONDO AREA, CENTRAL CONCESSION, PUERTO RICO: A.D. FRASER PRIVATE REPORT ON FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUERTO RICO.}{Deposit:: BRIGGS, R. P., AND GELABERT, P. A., 1962, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE BARRANQUITAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-336, SHEET 2.}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E.