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Victoria Prospect

Occurrence in Clarendon, Jamaica with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063490
MRDS ID TC37326
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sylvia and Cheltra Tunnels

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.18641, 18.03958 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SW OF BELFIELD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarendon(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Clarendon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.18641, 18.03958
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Clarendon Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jamaica Consolidated Copper Co.
    First year 1906
    Last year 1909

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) ASSIGNED TO VICTORIA; ORE (2) ASSIGNED TO SYLVIA.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 2 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZANS, V.A., 1951, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA, B.W.I., BULLETIN NO. 1, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ZANS (1951).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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