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Raphael

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062270
MRDS ID TC35605
Record type Site
Current site name Raphael
Alternate or previous names Includes Darius No. 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79268, 19.60755 (WGS84)
Elevation 440
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 13 KM SW OF GROS-MORNE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR ROCHER, ABOUT 35 KM S OF TERRE NEUEVE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

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

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE DARIUS NO. 4: 34.26% CU, 55.80 OZ/TON AG, 0.09 OZ/TON AU
Result GROOVE SAMPLE OVER 0.34 M: 1.73% CU.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.79268, 19.60755
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 45N
    Thickness 0.01M

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

  • PROSPECT PITS 12 M DEEP, 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 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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