Unnamed Occurrences On Plaine Du Nord

Occurrence in Haiti with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Ore body information
  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 10061903
MRDS ID TC34886
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrences On Plaine Du Nord

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.28044, 19.72394 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 4-5 KM NE OF ACUL SAMEDI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCRETIONS: 15.60% FE, 3.20% MN, 60.17% SIO2, 0.026% P.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.28044, 19.72394

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 8000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOODRING, W.P., BROWN, J.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1924, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, PORT-AU-PRINCE, 631 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NODULES, CONCRETIONS, ENCRUSTATIONS ON SURFACE OF 5-6 M OF ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS, MASSES UP TO 10-15 CM IN DIAMETER.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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