Grand Abaque

Occurrence in Department of Guadeloupe, France with commodities Gold, Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10061592
MRDS ID	TC34510
Record type	Site
Current site name	Grand Abaque
Alternate or previous names	Pointe Du Grand Abaque

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-61.06601, 16.30074 (WGS84)
Relative position	ABOUT 8 KM NE OF GRANDE-ANNE.

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

NE CORNER OF THE ISLAND; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR GRANDE ANSE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Tertiary
Copper	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Epidote	Gangue
Laumontite	Gangue
Montmorillonite	Gangue
Prehnite	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-61.06601, 16.30074	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC34510

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WESTERCAMP, D., 1980, UNE METHOD D'EVALUACION ET DE ZONATION DES RISQUES VOLCANIQUES I'LA SOUFRIERE DE GUADELOUPE, ANTILLES FRANCIESE: BULL. VOLCANO, VOL. 43-2, P. 432-452
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN FAULT ZONES, EPIDOTE, SILICA, MONTMORILLONITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, LAUMONTITE, OTHER UNIDENTIFIED ZEOLITES AND PREHNITE. ; 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.