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Plaisance

Occurrence in Haiti with commodity Copper
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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. Ore body information
  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 10061907
MRDS ID TC34890
Record type Site
Current site name Plaisance
Alternate or previous names Limbe-Plaisance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.451, 19.60755 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR PLAISANCE, USED PLAISANCE AS LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.451, 19.60755
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOODRING, W.P., BROWN, J.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1924, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, PORT-AU-PRINCE, 631 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN SMALL FISSURES AND SHEAR ZONES IN VOLCANICS BETWEEN PLAISANCE AND ENNERY, ROCKS NEAR QUARTZ DIORITES ARE AMPHIBOLITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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