Mine detail: Barbecue River

Previously called 'Mavis Bank'

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Location: Saint Andrew, Jamaica, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.0068, -76.64416
dep_id: 10096027
mrds_id: TC37341
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Specularite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Blue Mountain Inlier;
hrock_type: Mudstone,Shale,Conglomerate
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: SPECIAL ISSUE 1982 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.
  • Deposit:: OCEANIC EXPLORATION COMPANY, 1969, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NOV. 3, 1969, P.11.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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