Belmont Estate

Past Producer in Antigua and Barbuda with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061624
MRDS ID TC34544
Record type Site
Current site name Belmont Estate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.7713, 17.04264 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 10 KM SE OF ST. JOHNS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Antigua and Barbuda(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Antigua and Barbuda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.7713, 17.04264

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARTIN-KAYE, P.H.A., 1955, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF ANTIGUA AND NOTES ON FIELD EXCURSION LUCALITE: FIRST CARIBBEAN GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE.

  • Deposit

    KESLER, S.E., LEVY, ENRIQUE, MARTIN F., CECILIA, 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA: THE CARIBBEAN REGION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, V. H, P. 459-482.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE QUARRY - FAULT FILLING IN VOLCANICS ; 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.