Mine detail: Palmarejo

Previously called 'Quemad'

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Location

Lat / long: 18.04873, -67.0817

Resource(B)

Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Copper, Gold, Mercury
Ore: Gypsum
Gangue: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1957

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Tectonic:Bermeja Complex Accreated Teraine
Alteration processes:Quartz, Sericite, Trace Alunite = Dominatly Phylic

References

MRDSW701133
DEP10096716
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:: LUDDEN, R.B., 1961, PREPORT ON GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN CABO ROJO AND SAN GERMAN-SABANA GRANDE PERMITE AREA, PUERTO RICO: PHELPHS DODGE PRIVATE REPORT ON FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RECOURSES, PUERTO RICO.}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E., Mckelvey, G.E.