Soufrieve Hills

Occurrence in Montserrat, United Kingdom with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061586
MRDS ID TC34503
Record type Site
Current site name Soufrieve Hills

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.17159, 16.71128 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 KM EAST OF PLYMOUTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montserrat(province)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
United Kingdom Montserrat

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH PART OF ISLAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sulfur Ore
Alunite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.17159, 16.71128

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN, 1954?, REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE LEEWARD AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS:? P. 86

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 DISTINCT AREAS OF FUMAROLE ACTIVITIES, ALTERED, LIMONITE, ??, ALUNITE, PYRITE, SULFUR, COPPER MINERALS (USUALLLY SMALL AREAS). ; 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.