Pencar River Area

Occurrence in Saint Mary, Jamaica with commodity Copper
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 10093178
MRDS ID TC37347
Record type Site
Current site name Pencar River Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.77445, 18.23568 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Mary(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Mary

Comments on the location information

  • ARBITRARY POINT ON PENCAR RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Pencar River Member Of Wagwater Formation
    Rock description Pencar River Member Of Wagwater Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.77445, 18.23568

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FENTON, ALLISON, 1987, THE (NON-BAUXITE) METALLIC MINERAL POTENTIAL OF JAMAICA IN PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP ON THE STATUS OF JAMAICAN GEOLOGY, 14-16 MARCH, 1984, ED. R. AHMAD: SPECIAL ISSUE 1987 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 269-281

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ERRATIC LOW GRADE COPPER MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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