Parks River

Occurrence in Saint Andrew, 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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063626
MRDS ID TC37484
Record type Site
Current site name Parks River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.86195, 18.10708 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Andrew(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Andrew

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE 0.41% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Parks River Intrusiveite
    Rock description Parks River Intrusiveite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.86195, 18.10708

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Above Rocks Area

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

    REED, J.A., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE BOG WALK QUADRANGLE, JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA, BULLETIN NO. 6, 54 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA 35 FT WIDE.

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.