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Marie Galante

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 10061594
MRDS ID TC34512
Record type Site
Current site name Marie Galante

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.21213, 15.95964 (WGS84)

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

  • NE COAST OF THE ISLAND, NEAR ANSE PITON AND LE GOUFFRE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO AU IDENTIFIED, ONLY POTENTIAL FOR AU.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.21213, 15.95964
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONLY TWO SMALL PATCHES OF TUFF, AND ONE OF BASALT; MOST OF THE ISLAND IS UNDERLAIN BY MIOCENE LIMESTONES AND YOUNGER C0VER ROCKS.

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 /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 TUFFS DESCRIBED AS HAVING GREEN AND YELLOW CLAY AND RECRYSTALLIZED CALCITE CEMENT. ; 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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