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Galway's Soufriere

Occurrence in Montserrat, United Kingdom with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061584
MRDS ID TC34501
Record type Site
Current site name Galway's Soufriere

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.16881, 16.70628 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 6 KM ESE OF PLYMOUTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montserrat(province)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
United Kingdom Montserrat

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH PART OF ISLAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sulfur Ore
Alunite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.16881, 16.70628
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANOMALOUS TRACE ELEMENTS AND IMPRESSIVE EPITHERMAL ALTERATION MAY BE INDICATING AN IMPORTANT GOLD SYSTEM NEARBY. SIGNIFICANT ALUNITE, SILICIFICATION, SINTER, NATIVE SULFUR. PYRITE 3 M BELOW SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARTIN - KAYE, P.H.A., 1955, MINERAL PROSPECTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS; FIRST CARIBBEAN GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, P. 43-47

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1000 FT IN DIAMETER - OPEN TO NORTH
Deposit COPPER IN ALTERED AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Bolm, Karen S. (Page, Norman J) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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