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Terre-De-Haut

Occurrence in Department of Guadeloupe, France with commodity Gold
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  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 10061590
MRDS ID TC34508
Record type Site
Current site name Terre-De-Haut

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.58268, 15.86743 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 42 KM S OF POINTE A-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

Comments on the location information

  • EASTERN ISLAND, ILES DE SAINTES; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR TERRE-DE-HAUT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Terre-De-Haut Volcanism
    Rock description Terre-De-Haut Volcanism

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.58268, 15.86743
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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: FUEILLES 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 CENTRAL PART OF ISLAND HAS STRONGLY ALTERED (LIMONITE, HEMATITE) FRIABLE ROCKS (SURROUNDING ROCKS ARE FRESH COARSE BRECCIAS AND COLUMNAR JOINTED FLOWS). ; 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

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

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