Whitfield Hall-Epping Farm

Occurrence in Saint Thomas, Jamaica with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063601
MRDS ID TC37458
Record type Site
Current site name Whitfield Hall-Epping Farm
Alternate or previous names Abby Green

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.66028, 18.1368 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Thomas(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Thomas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result BULK SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.5 TO 3.6% CU
Result ONE TRENCH AVERAGE 1.6% CU OVER 80 FT.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.66028, 18.1368

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FENTON, ALLISON, 1987, THE (NON-BAUXITE) METALLIC MINERAL POTENTIAL OF JAMAICA IN PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP ON THE STATUS OF JAMAICAN GEOLOGY, 14-16 MARCH, 1984, ED. R. AHMAD: SPECIAL ISSUE 1987 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 269-281.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS IN SHEAR ZONES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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