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

MRDS	TC35843
DEP	10099424
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).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.