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Farm Estate

Occurrence in Saint Kitts and Nevis with commodities Gold, Copper, Mercury
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  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061597
MRDS ID TC34515
Record type Site
Current site name Farm Estate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.59937, 17.1507 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 KM SW 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

  • NEAR HOLMS? I KM SE OF ELECTRIC GENERATOR PLANT ON THE WEST SIDE OF NEVIS PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Alunite Gangue
Chalcanthite Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Natroalunite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic And Silica Sinter.

Analytical data

Result ONE ROCK SAMPLE CONTAINED 550 PPM HG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.59937, 17.1507
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AIR PHOTOS SUGGEST MAJOR FAULT ZONE THROUGH THE ALTERATION AREA. ACTIVE HOTSPRING (202 F).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAUNDERS, J.B., 1968, TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOURTH CARIBBEAN GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, 1965, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: CARIBBEAN PRINTERS, TRINIDAD, 457 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OVER AN AREA OF 200M X 300M.

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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