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Job's Hill

Past Producer in Saint Andrew, 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. 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 10063629
MRDS ID TC37488
Record type Site
Current site name Job's Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.88834, 18.22818 (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

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR KING WESTON, SUE RIVER, LUCKY HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.88834, 18.22818
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Above Rocks Area

Comments on the production information

  • MINED IN 19TH CENTURY; REEXPLORED IN 1930'S.

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

  • Production

    ZANS (1951).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS NEAR NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF GRANODIORITE BETWEEN RED PORPHYRY AND CONGLOMERATE; ZONE 0.5 MI WIDE EXTENDING WNW FROM KING WESTON THROUGH JOB'S HILL AND SUE RIVER VILLAGES TO LUCKY HILL; MINERALIZATION IN GRANODIORITE IS PYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE OCCURS 0.5 MI S OF SUE RIVER LAND SETTLEMENT.

Reporter information

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

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