Grande Riviere Du Nord

Occurrence in Haiti with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039023
MRDS ID M046537
Record type Site
Current site name Grande Riviere Du Nord

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.16628, 19.66728 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE HAITI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Platinum Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.16628, 19.66728

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 156

  • Deposit

    THOMASSET, HENRI, 1904, NOTICE SUR LES MINES DE CUIVRE DE LA GRANDE-RIVIERE DU NORD: LE MONITEUR, NO. 45, P. 409.

  • Deposit

    WOODRING, W.P., BROWN, J.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1924, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, PORT-AU-PRINCE, 631 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WOODRING ET AL. (1924) DID NOT INVESTIGATE AND SAY INVESTIGATIONS POST 1904 TO 1924 COULD NOT VERIFY THE REPORTED OCCURRENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.