Mine detail: Lower Mine Springs Showings

Previously called 'Ugly RiverTop ShowingMine Spring'

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Location: Saint Mary, Jamaica, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.19874, -76.80834
dep_id: 10063498
mrds_id: TC37337
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Wagwater Formation
hrock_type: Conglomerate
tectonic: Wagwater Belt
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: FENTON, ALLISON, 1987, THE (NON-BAUXITE) METALLIC MINERAL POTENTIAL OF JAMAICA IN PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP ON THE STATUS OF JAMAICAN GEOLOGY 14-16 MARCH, 1984, ED. R. AHMAD: SPECIAL ISSUE 1987 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 269-281.
  • Deposit:: HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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