Zepiny

Past Producer in Haiti with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Ore body information
  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 10061911
MRDS ID TC34894
Record type Site
Current site name Zepiny

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.12543, 19.582 (WGS84)
Elevation 190
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 OR 4 KM EAST OF GRANDE RIVIERE DU NORD ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF E TRENDING RAVINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Covellite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.12543, 19.582

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E, N10-15E
    Dip 70 NW
    Thickness 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Henri Thomassett
Year of last production 1914

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND TUNNELS (ALL SMALL).

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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