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Friendship Mine

Past Producer in Saint Catherine, Jamaica with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063482
MRDS ID TC37315
Record type Site
Current site name Friendship Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.13252, 18.06875 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Catherine(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Catherine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.13252, 18.06875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.41M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Clarendon Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wheal Jamaica Copper Co.
    First year 1854
    Last year 1857
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jamaica Consolidated Copper Co.
    First year 1906
    Last year 1909

Comments on the production information

  • APPARENTLY FROM STAMFORD HILL, GOLD, AND FRIENDSHIP MINES, MOST FROM CHARING CROSS.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, TUNNELS, CROSS-CUTS

Comments on development

  • JAMAICA CONSOLIDATED DID 4356 FT OF UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION IN CUTTINGS AND MINES CALLED CONGO HILL, VICTORIA MINE, SYLVIA MINE, IVA MINE, ELMA MINE, CLARISSA, VICTORIA SHAFT, AND CYRIL. THE RELATION OF THESE TO THE THREE MINES IN CHARING CROSS IN NOT CLEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ZANS (1951).

Reporter information

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

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