Red Point

Occurrence in U.S. Virgin Islands, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061604
MRDS ID TC34522
Record type Site
Current site name Red Point

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.97082, 18.33398 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Thomas Island(county)

U.S. Virgin Islands(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charlotte Amalie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Virgin Islands(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. John-St. Thomas(hydrologic unit)

Virgin Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Virgin Islands(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States U.S. Virgin Islands

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR AIRPORT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result GEOCHEMICALLY ANOMALOUS IN CU, AU, PB, AS, B, SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.97082, 18.33398

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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