Basse Terre

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. 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 10061589
MRDS ID TC34507
Record type Site
Current site name Basse Terre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.56602, 16.14242 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 18 KM S OF POINTE PITRE.

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 Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.56602, 16.14242

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REYNAL, A. DE , 1966, CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DU DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUADELOUPE AU 1/50,000: FEUILLES DE MARIE-GALANTE ET DE LA DESIRADE: SERVICE DE LA CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE, PARIS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY DETAILED ROCK DESCRIPTIONS NOTE ALTERATION: 1) YELLOW ALTERATION OF SOME ANDESITIC BRECCIAS, 2) SILICIFICATION OF CARBONATES THROUGH CONTACT METAMORPHISM. RECORD REFERS TO LARGE AREA ON EASTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND. ; 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.