Mine detail: Hope Mine

Previously called 'Liguanea'

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Location

Lat / long: 18.01625, -76.73501

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1750
Last production ended: 1860

Geology

Host rock:Purple Conglomerate-Wagwater Group
Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Newcastle Volcanics
Associated type:Andesite
Tectonic:Wagwater Belt

References

MRDSTC37430
DEP10105294
Reference{Deposit:: HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, P. 11.}{Deposit:: ZANS, V.A., 1951, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA, B.W.I., BULLETIN NO. 1, 61P.}{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 CASY, J.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, V. H., P. 459-482.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: HUGHES (1973).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.