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Mulberry Hill

Occurrence in Portland, Jamaica with commodity Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063614
MRDS ID TC37471
Record type Site
Current site name Mulberry Hill
Alternate or previous names Coffee Piece, Bamboo Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.58972, 18.20651 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI SSW OF HOPE BAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Portland(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Portland

Comments on the location information

  • AT COFFEE PIECE ON WARWICK RIVER, TRIBUTARY OF SWIFT RIVER AND AT MULBERRY HILL 500 YARDS TO NW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result 63.5% FE, 8.0% SIO2, 0.012% P, 0.13% S (MULBERRY HILL)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.58972, 18.20651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW (1)
    Dip 80 SW (1)
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 85.34M

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

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    HUGHES (1973).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MULBERRY HILL (1); COFFEE PIECE (2); BOTH IN SCHISTS NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE INTRUSIVE. THICKNESS OF (1) 30-40 FT, (2) 6-8 FT. LENGTH OF (1) 280 FT.

Reporter information

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

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