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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pueblo Viejo Mine, Cotuí, Sánchez Ramírez Province, Dominican Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:565979
Long-form Identifier:1:3:565979:1
GUID (UUID V4):1f25d08c-c9cf-40a7-b4ff-a4065bb3ef56
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
9.6km (6.0 miles) Cerro de Maimón Mine (Cerro de Maimón deposit), Maimón, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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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...and lodes are hosted by rocks with pervasive kaolinite alteration after sericite. δ34S values of vein...Los Ranchos Formation host rocks and with the Pueblo Viejo deposit. New sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe
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DATING OF ALUNITE FROM THE PUEBLO VIEJO GOLD-SILVER DISTRICT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC* ANTONIO ARRIBAS,1,** ISABEL...from the Moore and Monte Negro deposits in the Pueblo Viejo district, as well as from a newly discovered...controversy about the age of the Pueblo Viejo district in the Dominican Republic (Sillitoe et al., 2006, 2007;...argillic hydrothermal alteration assemblage at Pueblo Viejo and a common subject of isotopic (K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar)...Surprisingly, to date only two samples of alunite from Pueblo Viejo have been dated. The results, 66.0 and 77.0
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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...(300°C and 300 MPa), the alteration assemblage kaolinite + quartz in the deposit dehydrated to pyrophyllite.... 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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)
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)
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)
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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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)
and Urrutia-Fucugauchi Ž1986.. Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic, even though crustal thickness...advanced argillic alteration assemblages containing kaolinite, pyrophyllite and alunite and ore mineral assemblages...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...cored by vuggy silica and surrounded by zoned kaolinite–pyrophyllite–alunite alteration. Ore in these
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)
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
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)
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...coexistingsulfide-sulfate pairs.StageI quartz-alunite-kaolinite-pyrite alterationand associateddisseminated Au-Ag...PlatanalMembersare cut by a maar-diatremecomplex (Pueblo Viejo Member),consisting of brecciasand upward-fining...remainderoccursin late- Atlanuc • Ocean DominicanPueblo ¾1•.10 Hal_• Republic• '• Caribbean Sea 70 ø15 '
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Central, Alturas de Jayamá, Camagüey, Cuba ROBERTO SÁNCHEZ C., Instituto de Geología y Paleontología, Vía...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...and enargite, and the earlier stage contains kaolinite, zunyite, and diaspore, whereas the later stage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
strata-bound pyrophyllite-quartz-paragonite-kaolinite-pyrite-alunite alteration zones, up to 12 m wide...These zones grade out to paragonite-muscovite-kaolinite-quartz-pyrite and muscovite-carbonate-chlorite... Crimson Creek Formation Precambrian basement Mine/Prospect 0 100km 41° 5350000mN V V V V V V V V...Lake but crops out farther north toward the Henty mine, where it includes rhyolite lavas, crystal-rich...quartz 250 µm pyrite pyrophyllite sericite/ kaolinite quartz 1 cm FIG. 4. A. Silicified boulder sample
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mined economicallyon a large scale.Orebodiesat Pueblo Viejo, includingMonte Negro, the focusof this study...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...f Caribbean 70 ø lO' 19'00' : + 19ø00' -- Viejo •<•<_-v v v vvvvv vvvvvv vv V QUATERNARY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by quartz ± alunite ± pyrophyllite ± dickite ± kaolinite ± illite, and montmorillonite ± chlorite (Steven...prospects (e.g., Juan Diaz, Pitaloza, Las Minas, Cerro Viejo, Fig. 1B). Cerro Quema, considered one of the most...hydrothermal alteration minerals include alunite, kaolinite-dickite, and A Costa Rica Caribbean Plate ...5) Quebrada Barro, 6) Quebrada Iguana, 7) Cerro Viejo. CERRO QUEMA (AZUERO PENINSULA, PANAMA): GEOLOGY...affinities similar to the Caribbean large igneous province, interpreted as the arc basement (Del Giudice
Report (issue)
base-metal-sulfide-bearing barite veins...........8 Late-stage kaolinite matrix breccias.........................9 Supergene..... 28 Figure 10. Aerial view of the Summitville mine................... 29 INTRODUCTION The Summitville...of Galactic Resources, operated an open-pit gold mine at Summitville during the period from 1986 to 1992...pond. Acidic, metal-rich mine waters emanating from several sources on the mine site are long-term concerns...SCMCI operated a low-grade/high tonnage open-pit mine from which approximately 9,250,000 metric tons of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fate minerals, zunyite, topaz, pyrophyllite, kaolinite, anhydrite, gypsum, and dickite but is dominated...(APS) minerals, zunyite, topaz, pyrophyllite, kaolinite, anhydrite, gypsum, dickite As used by Khashgerel...muscovite, illite, siderite, specularite (minor kaolinite, pyrophyllite, topaz) As used by Khashgerel et...(APS) minerals, zunyite, topaz, pyrophyllite, kaolinite, anhydrite, gypsum, and dickite (Khashgerel et...including diaspore, APS minerals, zunyite, topaz, kaolinite, dickite, and titanium oxides. Andalusite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz, alunite, pyrophyllite, dickite, and kaolinite. In contrast, pyrite from low-sulfidation epithermal...pyrite from Sulitjelma deposit (Norway), and Grace Mine, Pennsylvania (US) (Craig et al., 1998). The Au...pyrite samples from high-sulfidation deposits at Pueblo Viejo and Yanacocha constitute a significant part...Pyrite from the Pueblo Viejo high-sulfidation epithermal Au deposit in the Dominican Republic show moderate...2008). Arsenic-sulphur relations for pyrite from Pueblo Viejo plot between trends for Carlin 18 and Yanacocha
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Plavica copper–gold deposit in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has witnessed several periods of...Serbo-Macedonian zone and the Rhodope metamorphic province seem to represent the remnants of a metamorphosed...well as alunite, jarosite, native sulphur and kaolinite. The silica bodies appear to be related to E–W...larger Pb–Zn veins worked in the nearby Zletovo mine, but are Structural and morphological characteristics...advanced argillic alteration, characterised by kaolinite, alunite (Fig. 6a), zunyite (Fig. 6b), pyrophyllite
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Published observations and interpretations Kaolinite–alunite-type or high-sulphidation epithermal deposits...argillic alteration of adjacent host rocks to quartz+kaolinite/dickite±pyrophyllite±alunite (Summitville, Colorado;...Butte, Montana Summitville Colorado Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic White Island, New Zealand Goldfield...Tampakan, Philippines Ore stages at Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic Mole Granite, Australia Alumbrera...haloes of advanced argillic alteration (quartz+kaolinite/dickite/ pyrophyllite+alunite). There is general
 
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