Mine detail: Hope Mine

Previously called 'Liguanea'

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Location: Saint Andrew, Jamaica, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.01625, -76.73501
dep_id: 10105294
mrds_id: TC37430
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Purple Conglomerate-Wagwater Group
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Newcastle Volcanics
arock_type: Andesite
tectonic: Wagwater Belt
Year first produced: 1750
yr_lst_prd: 1860
References:
  • 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).
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