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Ravine Souffre

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061613
MRDS ID TC34532
Record type Site
Current site name Ravine Souffre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.96602, 13.95085 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 8.5 KM SE OF CASTRIES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Lucia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Saint Lucia

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MARC MARC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dominated By Clay With Some Silica And Quartz Veins.

Analytical data

Result OF ID ROCK AND ID STREAM SILT SAMPLES, HIGHEST AU IS 28 PPB WITH NO AG OR ANTIMONY. CU RANGED FROM 16-775 PPM WITH FOUR SAMPLES EXCEEDING 100 PPM. SE 7.9 PPM, SB 2.8 PPM, AS 51 PPM, AU .02 PPM, CU 130 PPM, NI, PB .20 PPM, SN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.96602, 13.95085
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAASSEN, LARRY W., THE GEOCHEMICAL ATLAS OF ST. LUCIA, WEST INDIES: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY - LA-UR-84-1747, 224 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA WITH 1.5 KM DIAMETER.
Deposit STREAM SEDS ANOMALY - AU WITHIN CALDERA COLLAPSE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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