Ophat

Past Producer in Haiti with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062269
MRDS ID TC35604
Record type Site
Current site name Ophat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79518, 19.60922 (WGS84)
Elevation 460
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 13 KM SW OF GROS-MORNE NE OF ROCHER, 0.5 KM ESE OF TERRE-NEUVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Carbonization, Kaolinite (Weathering ?)

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE: 38.46% CU, 88.0 OZ/TON AG, 0.63 OZ/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Colombier Volcanic Sequence
    Rock description Colombier Volcanic Sequence
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.79518, 19.60922

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terre-Neuve District

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL 15 M ALONG CONTACT AND SHAFT.

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 MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE.

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.