South Saddle Hill

Occurrence in Saint Kitts and Nevis with commodities Gold, Mercury, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061595
MRDS ID TC34513
Record type Site
Current site name South Saddle Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.5827, 17.1507 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 7 KM ESE OF CHARLESTOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Kitts and Nevis(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Silicification, Surrounded By 100% Clay Alteration.

Analytical data

Result OF 12 SAMPLES, ONE CONTAINED AU (149 PPB), SEVERAL HG (250 PPB), AND ARSENIC (41 PPM).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.5827, 17.1507

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STOCKWORK VEINING, BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUTTON, C.O., 1978, THE PETROLOGY OF NEVIS, LEEWARD ISLANDS, WEST INDIES: OVERSEAS GEOL. AND MINER. RESOURCES NO.52, 32 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.