Cadas Bay Hot Springs

Occurrence in Saint Kitts and Nevis with commodities Gold, Mercury
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 10061596
MRDS ID TC34514
Record type Site
Current site name Cadas Bay Hot Springs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.59937, 17.1757 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 KM N OF CHARLESTOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Kitts and Nevis(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Comments on the location information

  • 1/3 MILE NE OF CADAS BAY AG STATION AT WESTBURY GUT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 3.05

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.59937, 17.1757

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN, 1954, ?, REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE LEEWARD AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS:

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOT WATER VENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit DEPOSIT IS 25M X 25M

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.