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Coopers Hill

Past Producer in Portland, Jamaica 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063501
MRDS ID TC37342
Record type Site
Current site name Coopers Hill
Alternate or previous names Includes Brookdale Vein, Durham

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.52528, 18.1318 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Portland(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Portland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.52528, 18.1318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW
    Dip HIGH W
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rio Grande Mining Co.
    First year 1862

Comments on the production information

  • ORE I N 1880'S WAS SHIPPED TO THE U.S.

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

  • Production

    ZANS (1951)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS; BROOKDALE VEIN 12 IN THICK.

Reporter information

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

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

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