Mine detail: Rio Vivi

Previously called 'Piedra Hueca'

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Location

Lat / long: 18.19786, -66.68617

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Other material: Biotite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Oligoclase, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MAS729990003
DEP10279106
Reference{Deposit:: USGS MISC.GEOL.INVESTIGATION MAP I-519, 1968, ADJUNTASQUAD.}{Deposit:: THIS MONTH IN MINING, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, SEPT}{Deposit:: 1968, PP. 171-72.}{Deposit:: COX, D.P. AND R.P.BRIGGS, METALLOGENIC MAP OF PUERTO RICO,}{Deposit:: I-721, USGS, 1973.}{Deposit:: HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN PUERTO RICAN PORPHERY COPPER}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,VOL. 68, NO.8,DEC.,1973,PP1329-34}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY OF THE RIO VIVI PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, PUERTO}{Deposit:: RICO, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.66, NO.6,SEPT.1971, P977.}{Reserve-Resource:: ACKERMAN,DH. INDUSTRIAL PUERTO RICO. MINING, V.7,NO.1,1970,}{Reserve-Resource:: PP10-17, 64-66.}{Reserve-Resource:: LUTJEN,GP. THE CURIOUS CASE OF PURTO RICAN CU MINES.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 2/71, PP.74-84.}
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