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Jeanty

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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062276
MRDS ID TC35611
Record type Site
Current site name Jeanty

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.77879, 19.6095 (WGS84)
Elevation 720
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 11.5 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

  • RIDGE S OF RAVINE JEANTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Albitization, Actinolitization, Sericite, Development Locally Of Quartz-Kspar Veinlets And Selvages.

Analytical data

Result 5.99% CU, 0.10 OZ/TON AG, 0.005 OZ/TON AU OVER 20 CM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.77879, 19.6095
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70-80W
    Dip 65N
    Thickness 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONE WITH THICK CLAYEY GOUGE AND BRECCIA, FOUR LARGER VEINS, LONGEST TUNNEL CUTS 3 VEINS; SMALL TUNNEL RUNS ALONG E-W VEIN UP TO 30 CM WIDE WITH MALACHITE STAINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1728
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Terre-Neuve District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hayti Mines Co.
    First year 1910
    Last year 1920

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS TOTAL FROM DISTRICT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1924
    Total resources 34000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1924

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL TONNAGE IN MEME VALLEY AND DISTRICT.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL TUNNELS, LARGEST 45 M LONG.

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

  • Production

    WOODRING ET AL (1924).

Reporter information

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

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