Pointe A-Pitre

Occurrence in Department of Guadeloupe, France with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  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 10061591
MRDS ID TC34509
Record type Site
Current site name Pointe A-Pitre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.46324, 16.22768 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 8 KM W OD POINT A-PITRE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Department of Guadeloupe(province)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
France Department of Guadeloupe

Comments on the location information

  • SW CORNER OF LA GRANDE TERRE; POINT A-PITRE IS A CITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.46324, 16.22768

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REYNAL, A. DE, 1966, CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DU DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUADELOUPE AU 1/50,000: FEUILLES DE MARIE-GALANTE ET DE LA DESIRADE: SERVICE DE LA CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE, PARIS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOTSPRINGS - SULFUROUS WATER 32-33 DEGREES CELSIUS. CL AND NA METHANE GAS; CONDITIONS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR AU, BUT PROBABLY NO NEAR SURFACE POTENTIAL. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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