Les Mamelles

Occurrence in Department of Guadeloupe, France with commodity Gold
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 10061588
MRDS ID TC34506
Record type Site
Current site name Les Mamelles

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.74519, 16.17963 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 18 KM WSW OF POINTE A-PITRE, LOCATION CHOSEN BETWEEN MAMELLE DE PIGEON OU DEBOULE AND MAMELLE DE PETIT BOURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Department of Guadeloupe(province)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
France Department of Guadeloupe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Pitons De Bouillante-Sans Toucher Volcanics
    Rock description Pitons De Bouillante-Sans Toucher Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.74519, 16.17963

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMINCO LTD

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERED INTRUSIVE; PYRITE WITH CU. ; 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.