Roche Glisse Mine

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062282
MRDS ID TC35618
Record type Site
Current site name Roche Glisse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.75268, 19.57589 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
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

  • IN UPPER PART OF MEME RIVER BASIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Locally In Area Is Intense, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Actinolite.

Analytical data

Result 14 M CHIP SAMPLE ALONG TUNNEL: 0.98% CU, 0.3 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.07 OZ/TON AU
Result CHIP SAMPLE IN FACE OF TUNNEL 2.72% CU, 0.3 OZ/TON AG, 0.04 OZ/TON AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.75268, 19.57589

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSIVES PORPHYRITIC; PATCH OF SKARN-TACTITE LIMESTONE APPEARS TO BE PENDANT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1728
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Terre-Neuve Mine

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hayti Mines Co.
    First year 1910
    Last year 1920

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENT OF ORE RAN 14.8% CU, 3.34 OZ/TON AG, 0.18 OZ/TON AU -PROBABLY CAREFULLY HAND SORTED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1924
    Total resources 34000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1924

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TONNAGE EXPOSED IN MEME VALLEY AND DISTRICT.

Comments on the workings information

  • GERMAIN TUNNEL, 20 M LONG; ROCHE GLISSE TUNNEL AND GALLERIES, 60 M; OPEN CUT; SHAFT 15 M DEEP.

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

  • Production

    WOODRING ET. AL (1924).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF MEME MINE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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