Cabbage Haul Gap Prospect

Occurrence in Stann Creek, Belize with commodity Molybdenum
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056637
MRDS ID TC00690
Record type Site
Current site name Cabbage Haul Gap Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.43336, 16.80075 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Relative position BETWEEN KENDALL AND LOCUST BANK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stann Creek(province)

Belize(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Belize Stann Creek

Comments on the location information

  • ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE
  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE TO GREY WHITE, MARKED BY IRON HYDROXIDES, SOFT AND CONSISTANT. DE-COLORANT FOR PREPARATION OF OILS & GREASES, MINERAL & VEGETABLE.

Analytical data

Result ANSCHUTZ (1975-78) STREAM-SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Santa Rosa Group
    Rock description Santa Rosa Gp
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.43336, 16.80075

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1976
Discoverer Anschutz Corp

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Anschutz Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOR SANTIAGUITO MINE, WHITE BENTONITE

Comments on the workings information

  • ROOM & PILLAR MINING

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 0.05 ; ECON.COM: FOR OIL INDUSTRY
  • APPARENTLY LOCATED ON BASIS OF AEROMAGNETIC AND STREAM-SEDIMENT MO ANOMALIES. PROSPECT SUBMITTED TO ANACONDA 1978 BUT REJECTED AS PORPHYRY MO POTENTIAL NOT SUPPORTED BY GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY OR MAGNETICS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUVIRON, A., 1978, MEMO: ANACONDA COPPER CO., 3 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BEDS
Deposit Discovery Year: 1975-78
Deposit MO IN STREAM SEDIMENTS COULD BE FROM MO PORPHYRY DEPOSIT IN ALKALIC GRANITE OR EUXENIC SHALE DEPOSIT IN ARGILLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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