White Cliffs

Occurrence in U.S. Virgin Islands, United States with commodity 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 10061607
MRDS ID TC34526
Record type Site
Current site name White Cliffs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.73498, 18.36537 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. John Island(county)

U.S. Virgin Islands(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coral Bay(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)

Federal lands

Virgin Islands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States U.S. Virgin Islands

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Turquoise Ore
Alunite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.60 PPM AU, 1.5 PPM AG, 9.4% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.73498, 18.36537

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.