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Usine L'Etoile Brick Factory and Clay Pits

Past Producer in Haiti with commodity Brick Clay
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105218
MRDS ID TC34883
Record type Site
Current site name Usine L'Etoile Brick Factory and Clay Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.46017, 19.74867 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM SE OF L'ARCHAIE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Comments on the location information

  • PITS 200 M FROM SHORE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VARIEGATED COLOR RED AND WHITE; MIXED 1 PART SAND TO 4 PARTS CLAY; SAND COMES FROM ADJACENT BEACH. WOODRING ET AL HAVE VARIOUS TESTS (P. 504), LOW FIRE SHRINK AGE, BURNED HARD AT LOW TEMPERATURES, ETC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.46017, 19.74867
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 15-20 THOUSAND BRICKS PER DAY WITH 80 WORKMEN IN 1920'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOODRING, W.P., BROWN, J.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1924, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, PORT-AU-PRINCE, 631 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WOODRING ET AL (1924).

Reporter information

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

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