Mine detail: Caravelle Peninsula

Previously called 'Carvelle'

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Location: Department of Martinique, France, Caribbean
Lat / long: 14.50083, -60.99934
dep_id: 10056494
mrds_id: TC00521
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
gangue: Asbestos, Calcite, Goethite, Jasper, Zeolite
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Tuff,Andesite
tectonic: Inner Lesser Antilles Island Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: MCKELVEY, G.E., 1987, LESSER ANTILLES PROGRESS REPORT II; DOMINICA, GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, ST. BARTHELEMY, ST. MAARTIN, AND ST. VINCENT WEST INDES: AN UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR COMINCO AMERICAN.
  • Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., LEVY, E., AND MARTIN, F.C., 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME H, THE CARIBBEAN REGION, EDS., DENGO, G. AND ASY, J.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, V. H, PP. 459-482.
  • Deposit:: PELLETIER, 1976.
  • Deposit:: ANDREIEFF, P. ET AL, 1976, CHRONOMETRIE ET STRATIGRAPHIE COMPAREE DES EDIFICES VOLCANIQUE ET FORMATIONS SEDIMENTAIRES DE LA MARTINIQUE (ANTILLES FRANCAISES), BULLETIN DU B.R.G.M. QIEME SER., SECTION IV, NO 4.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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