Mine detail: Glade-Orchard-Mavis Bank of Deposits

Previously called 'Spanish VeinOrchard Hill VeinBoxshaw HillCorn HillIncludes Essex VeinE. Boxshaw VeinWest Water Tank VeinEast Water Tank Vein'

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Location: Saint Andrew, Jamaica, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.03069, -76.6525
dep_id: 10063506
mrds_id: TC37349
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Goethite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Newcastle Volcanics
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
References:
  • Deposit:: ZANS, V.A., 1951, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA, B.W.I., BULLETIN NO. 1, 61 P.
  • Deposit:: HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: HUGHES (1973).
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