Mine detail: Bucaro Hill

Previously called 'San Francisco Concession'

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Location

Lat / long: 18.48594, -70.15623

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1855

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

References

MRDSTC35843
DEP10099424
Reference{Deposit:: VAUGHAN, T.W., COOKE, WYTHE, CONDIT, D.D., ROSSI, C.P., WOODRING, W.P., AND CALKINS, F.C., 1921, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MEMOIRS, V. I., 268 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: VAUGHAN ET AL (1921).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.