Bendals Quarry

Occurrence in Antigua and Barbuda with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095986
MRDS ID TC34545
Record type Site
Current site name Bendals Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.83075, 17.08014 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 KM SSE OF ST. JOHNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Antigua and Barbuda(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Antigua and Barbuda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.83075, 17.08014

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHRISTMAN, R.A., 1972, VOLCANIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN ANTIGUA, BWI: GSA MEMOIR 132, P. 439-448

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FELSITE, ALTERED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Bolm, Karen S. (Page, Norman J) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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