Darius

Occurrence in Haiti with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062271
MRDS ID TC35606
Record type Site
Current site name Darius
Alternate or previous names Darius No. 1, No. 2, And No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79823, 19.6095 (WGS84)
Elevation 400
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 13 KM SW OF GROS-MORNE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR ROCHER, 0.5 KM S OF TERRE-NEUVE, LOCATION POINT REPRESENTS 3 LOCATIONS WITHTIN 200 M OF EACH OTHER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Kaolinite (Weathering Product?) , Carbonization.

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE: 0.99% CU, 0.10 OZ/TON AG, 0.005 OZ/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.79823, 19.6095

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E (1) N70-80E (2)
    Dip 60-70E (1), 30N (2)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terre-Neuve District

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 10 AND 14 M DEEP ON VEINS.

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 FRACTURE FILLINGS, (1) SHAFT NO. 1 IS IN WALLROCK IMPREGNATED WITH CU CARBONATES OVER 1-2 M AND SULFIDE ORE IN QUARTZ STRINGERS, (2) NO. 2 IS IN BRECCIATED ZONE, (3) ANOTHER VEIN.

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.