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Alunite from
Pueblo Viejo Mine, Cotuí, Sánchez Ramírez Province, Dominican Republic


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pueblo Viejo Mine, Cotuí, Sánchez Ramírez Province, Dominican Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:565974
Long-form Identifier:1:3:565974:6
GUID (UUID V4):05b44537-8f76-4d28-9b24-e6ddaba63079
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
genetic model for the Au-Ag-Cu Pueblo Viejo district, central Dominican Republic L. Torró, J.A. Proenza, A...genetic model for the Au-Ag-Cu Pueblo Viejo district, central Dominican Republic, Ore Geology Reviews (2017)...genetic model for the Au-Ag-Cu Pueblo Viejo district, central Dominican Republic L. Torró 1,†, J.A. Proenza1... Urbanizacion El Paraiso, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 5 Servicio Geológico Nacional, Av. Winston...Edificio "J. F. Martínez", Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic * Current address: Cementos Cibao, Carretera
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District, Dominican Republic: Looking Down for the Porphyry Cu-Mo Roots of the Pueblo Viejo-Type Mineralization...Ensanche Evaristo Morales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado...resources in the Cordillera Oriental of the Dominican Republic. At Doña Amanda, a dense stockwork of quartz-sulfide...Los Ranchos Formation host rocks and with the Pueblo Viejo deposit. New sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe...Cordillera Oriental of Hispaniola Island (Dominican Republic and Haiti) has revealed the existence of
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COMMUNICATIONS PUEBLO VIEJO HIGH-SULFIDATION EPITHERMAL GOLD-SILVER DEPOSIT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A NEW MODEL...Domingo, Dominican Republic Abstract Field observations in the Pueblo Viejo district, Dominican Republic...volcanic dome complex, two proposed models for Pueblo Viejo, nor with the bimodal island-arc tholeiite suite...some of the unusual geologic features of the Pueblo Viejo orebodies when compared to other giant high-sulfidation...vuggy quartz alteration, prograde overprinting of alunite by higher temperature pyrophyllite, and almost
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40Ar/39Ar DATING OF ALUNITE FROM THE PUEBLO VIEJO GOLD-SILVER DISTRICT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC* ANTONIO ARRIBAS...40Ar/39Ar ages for alunite from the Moore and Monte Negro deposits in the Pueblo Viejo district, as well...well as from a newly discovered alunite-bearing zone on Loma la Cuaba west of the known deposits, are reported...context of estimated closure temperatures for alunite and the geologic and tectonic evolution of Hispaniola...thermal effects of thrusting in central Hispaniola. Alunite studies have yielded similar unclear results in
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1101–1110 Re-Os DATING OF MOLYBDENITE FROM THE PUEBLO VIEJO Au-Ag-Cu AND DOUVRAY Cu-Au DISTRICTS, HISPANIOLA... Urbanizacion El Paraiso, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 4 CTBA 5 Departament Geoconsulting, 12...hydrothermal molybdenite collected from the Pueblo Viejo Au-Ag-Cu district (5.5 Moz gold, past production...Au-Ag-Cu mineralization in the Pueblo Viejo district of the Dominican Republic have long been subjects of...volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) origin for Pueblo Viejo. The link to VMS deposits was also advocated
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Mineralization Underlying the Pueblo Viejo Gold-Silver Oxide Deposit, Dominican Republic S. E. I•SLEa, Departmentof... S. A., Apartado Postal944, SantoDomingo,Dominican Republic G. L. CUMMING, Department of Physics,Universityof...University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Abstract The large Pueblo Viejo oxide gold deposit was developed by weathering...probably also supplied the preciousmetals. The Pueblo Viejo system is similar to other gold-quartz-pyrophyllite...The size and shapeof the mineralized systemat Pueblo Viejo resembleactive hot spring systemssuch as Wairakei
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISCUSSION PUEBLO VIEJO HIGH-SULFIDATION EPITHERMAL GOLD-SILVER DEPOSIT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A NEW MODEL...Sir: Sillitoe et al. (2006) suggest that the Pueblo Viejo AuAg deposit is younger than its Early Cretaceous...Formation. Although a younger age would allow Pueblo Viejo to be conveniently grouped with many other high-sulfidation...by silica and magnetite that are coeval with Pueblo Viejo mineralization. In their figure 2 (p. 1429)...zones is along the southern edge of the Pueblo Viejo mine where mine workings and exploration drill holes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISCUSSION PUEBLO VIEJO HIGH-SULFIDATION EPITHERMAL GOLD-SILVER DEPOSIT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A NEW MODEL...Sir: Sillitoe et al. (2006) suggest that the Pueblo Viejo AuAg deposit is younger than its Early Cretaceous...Formation. Although a younger age would allow Pueblo Viejo to be conveniently grouped with many other high-sulfidation...by silica and magnetite that are coeval with Pueblo Viejo mineralization. In their figure 2 (p. 1429)...zones is along the southern edge of the Pueblo Viejo mine where mine workings and exploration drill holes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chronology of the Pueblo Viejo epithermal gold–silver deposit, Dominican Republic: formation in an Early...Abstract The Pueblo Viejo deposit (production to 1996: 166 t Au, 760 t Ag) is located in the Dominican Republic...and published alunite, illite, and feldspar K-Ar ages and closure temperatures (alunite 270±20°C, illite.... Epithermal . Gold . U-Pb age . Pueblo Viejo . Dominican Republic A. G. Mueller (*) 12a Belgrave Street...Introduction The epithermal Pueblo Viejo gold–silver deposit, located in the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean
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COMMUNICATIONS Re-Os AGE OF THE PUEBLO VIEJO EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Jason D. Kirk,1,† Joaquin... Abstract Re-Os analyses of pyrite from the Pueblo Viejo high-sulfidation epithermal deposit (both Monte...above regression. These results confirm that the Pueblo Viejo deposit is Early Cretaceous in age and coeval...formation of pyrophyllite at Pueblo Viejo remains unclear. Recognition that Pueblo Viejo is coeval with the Los...The age of the Pueblo Viejo high-sulfidation epithermal deposit in the Dominican Republic (Fig. 1) has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Russell Æ Karr McCurdy Trace-metal content of the Pueblo Viejo precious-metal deposits and their relation to...high-sulfidation epithermal deposits in the Pueblo Viejo district, Dominican Republic. Moore and Monte Negro are funnel-shaped...antimony at Broadlands was different from that at Pueblo Viejo, possibly because the elements were complexed...fluids. Comparison of trace-element abundances at Pueblo Viejo to other highsulfidation epithermal systems shows...sulfidation Æ Acidsulfate Æ Trace element Æ Gold Æ Pueblo Viejo Introduction Quantitative information on the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the lacustrine sediments of the Pueblo Viejo district (Dominican Republic)" The effect of Fe-C-S diagenesis...S.A., Apartado Postal 944, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Received June 27, 1991; revised and accepted...the lacustrine sediments of the Pueblo Viejo district (Dominican Republic): The effect of Fe-C-S diagenesis...29-50. The Pueblo Viejo district, located in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic, contains...occurs in pyritic, carbonaceous siltstones of the Pueblo Viejo Maar-Diatreme Member of the Cretaceous Los Ranchos
Report (issue)
37.62±0.05 Ma (MSWD = 0.53). Reported as Copper Mine Point granodiorite, same pluton as Cox and others...Location derived from Wikipedia for Copper Mine Point copper mine; accuracy of location relative to this...using constants of Steiger and Jager (1977). Copper Mine Point, Virgin Gorda batholith. Two concordant fractions...km east of Santiago de Cuba, southern Oriente Province. Latitude and longitude approximate. Early to...km west of Santiago de Cuba, southern Oriente Province. Latitude and longitude approximate. Paleocene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and gold mineralization in the Pueblo Viejo district, Dominican Republic. Mineralium Deposita, vol. 35...by Nelson (2000) of the Pueblo Viejo gold deposit in the Dominican Republic indicates that ore is spatially...these interpretations is important, because Pueblo Viejo is one of the largest and most economically...exploration for similar deposits and help place Pueblo Viejo in the continually evolving spectrum of models...basis for Nelson's report covers the 15 km2 Pueblo Viejo district, which is a very small part of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and gold mineralization in the Pueblo Viejo district, Dominican Republic Received: 15 March 1999 / Accepted:...Abstract Gold mineralization in the Pueblo Viejo district, Dominican Republic, is spatially and temporally related...gold ore in the Pueblo Viejo district. Introduction Ore deposits in the Pueblo Viejo district represent...mineralization. Figure 1 presents a location map for the Pueblo Viejo district and shows the location of surrounding...distinguished papers address the geologic setting of the Pueblo Viejo district. Kesler et al. (1981) described a restricted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Economic Geology, v. 100, pp. 253–272 Age of the Pueblo Viejo Gold-Silver Deposit and Its Significance to...relationships between mineralization in the Pueblo Viejo high-sulfidation epithermal deposit and its...confirm that high-sulfidation mineralization at Pueblo Viejo was coeval with deposition of its host Los Ranchos...presence of an unusually large deposit such as Pueblo Viejo in an island-arc volcanic sequence is attributable...prominent exception to these generalizations is Pueblo Viejo, one of the largest high-sulfidation epithermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Urrutia-Fucugauchi Ž1986.. Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic, even though crustal thickness...assemblages containing kaolinite, pyrophyllite and alunite and ore mineral assemblages including enargite...deposit is the 20 million ounce Pueblo Viejo deposit in the Dominican Republic, which is found near the base...base of the Greater Antilles island arc. Pueblo Viejo differs in almost all respects from most other acid-sulfate...and surrounded by zoned kaolinite–pyrophyllite–alunite alteration. Ore in these deposits is relatively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentration in the Cretaceous arc terranes of the Dominican Republic Downloaded by [Laurentian University] at...evolving Cretaceous island arc terranes of the Dominican Republic has shown the existence of three groups of...the Lower Cretaceous ores, including the giant Pueblo Viejo deposit and several uneconomic showings with...of the acid-sulphate hydrothermal system of Pueblo Viejo with the disseminated, one-stage system of the...(Cu–Zn)–Au–Ag epithermal ores in the northwest Dominican Republic and Haiti form the second group; Cu–Mo anomalies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SULFIDE ORE AT THE PUEBLO VIEJO GOLD-SILVER OXIDE DEPOSIT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC G. L. CUMMING, Departmentof...minerals was derived from sea- per part. The Pueblo Viejo oxide orebody,which is being minedat present...is found as a lateand preciousmetals, to the Pueblo Viejo mineralstagemineral in someveins.Lead is presentin...of Pueblo Viejo Mineralization (Hall and Czamanske,1972). All lead minerals seen The Pueblo Viejo depositappearsto...stronglyaltered wall-rock samplesfrom the Pueblo 18.480 15.605 $8.456 Viejo deposithave isotopiccompositions that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RosarioDominicaria S.A.,ApartadoPostal944, SantoDomingo, Dominican Republic Abstract Stableisotope(H, C, O, and S)...hydrothermal systems of thistype.Mineralizationat Pueblo Viejo ishostedby a maar-diatreme systemthatcutssedimentary...advanced argillicalteration:stageI fluidsproduceddeep alunite+ quartzandshallowerkaolinitc+ quartz,bothassociated...coexistingsulfide-sulfate pairs.StageI quartz-alunite-kaolinite-pyrite alterationand associateddisseminated...PlatanalMembersare cut by a maar-diatremecomplex (Pueblo Viejo Member),consisting of brecciasand upward-fining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Central, Alturas de Jayamá, Camagüey, Cuba ROBERTO SÁNCHEZ C., Instituto de Geología y Paleontología, Vía...closure temperatures for sericite, illite, and alunite at about 80 Ma, which is older than the age of...Deposits 15 Age of Epithermal Deposits 10 5 Pueblo Viejo Jacinto Cerro Vanguardia Pajingo 0 0 H-P...possibly correlative island-arc tholeiites host the Pueblo Viejo high-sulfidation epithermal gold-silver deposit...west end of the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic (Simpson et al., 1988; Amarante and Lewis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which is the basal volcanic assemblage in the Dominican Republic, fall on a short linear array of shallow...reported analyses of sulfide samples from the Pueblo Viejo Au-Ag deposit in the upper part of the Los Ranchos...Ranchos Formation, which is located in the Dominican Republic (eastern Hispaniola, Fig. 1) , is one of...DOMINGO Mi 50 Km Fig. 1. Location of the Dominican Republic and Virgin Islands in the Greater Antilles...(island arc? ) . et al., 1981) . Ore Pb from the Pueblo Viejo Au-Ag deposit, which is in the upper part of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sikhote Alin volcanoplu tonic belt and the Pueblo Viejo gold–silver deposit in the Greater Antilles...New Guinea PortoveloZaruma, Ecuador Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic Sergeevskoe, Russia between porphyry...and PortoveloZaru ma); and islandarc VPB (Pueblo Viejo, Ladolam, Porgera, and Conical Seamount). With...Balei, Sergeevskoe, Dukat, Mnogovershinnoe, Pueblo Viejo, Ladolam, Zod, Porgera, and PortoveloZaruma);...ragach, Kochbulak, Kauldy, Mnogovershinnoe, Pueblo Viejo, Porgera, and Ladolam deposits. Silver tellurides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Creek Round Mountain Pachuca-Real del Monte Pueblo Viejo Yanacocha Ellndlo 20 21 22 23 24 25 Waihi...deposits, with 3= 6001 of gold, are Cripple Creek, Pueblo Viejo, Ladolam, Porgera, and Baguio (Table 2; Figure...are parts of island arcs, which in the case of Pueblo Viejo and Ladolam are built directly on oceanic lithosphere...Pachuca-Real 235 del Monte, Mexico Pueblo Viejo -700 Dominican Republic Yanacocha 292f Peru El Indio 295...role as ore localisers appears to be minimal at Pueblo Viejo and Ladolam. Major fault zones controlled vein
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mined economicallyon a large scale.Orebodiesat Pueblo Viejo, includingMonte Negro, the focusof this study...associated with preciousmetals.StageI produced deep alunite + quartz + pyrite and overlyingkaolinite+ quartz...The most prominent exceptionto this rule, the Pueblo Viejo district in the DominicanRepublic, has producedover...the sec- 1738 MONTENEGROAu-AgDEPOSIT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1739 ondlargestorebodyat PuebloViejo, wasundertaken...identifythe geologicfactorsthatpermittedPueblo 1 and 2). Viejo to be an economicsuccess. Primarymagmaticmineralsin
 
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