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Section Las Lomas

Occurrence in Haiti with commodity Copper
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061908
MRDS ID TC34891
Record type Site
Current site name Section Las Lomas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.27128, 19.39062 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 6 KM NE OF ST. MICHEL DE L'ATALAYE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.27128, 19.39062
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip STEEP NE
    Thickness 0.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TO SOUTH SERPENTINIZED AUGITE PERIDOTITE FOUND, SEQUENCE HAS SOUNDS OF OPHIOLITE SEQUENCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL PILES OF LOW GRADE CU ORE, DUMPS OF BARREN QUARTZ.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 15 M DEEP, INCLINED SHAFT 30 M LONG.

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    WOODRING ET AL (1924).

Reporter information

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

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