Jersey Bay

Occurrence in U.S. Virgin Islands, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061605
MRDS ID TC34523
Record type Site
Current site name Jersey Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.86415, 18.32621 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Thomas Island(county)

U.S. Virgin Islands(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cruz Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Virgin Islands(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. John-St. Thomas(hydrologic unit)

Virgin Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Virgin Islands(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States U.S. Virgin Islands

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result GEOCHEMICALLY ANOMALOUS IN BA, CU, PB, AS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Meta-Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.86415, 18.32621

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1.5 IRON OXIDE VEIN IN INTENSELY ARGILLIZED CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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