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Charing Cross Mine

Past Producer in Clarendon, Jamaica with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063493
MRDS ID TC37330
Record type Site
Current site name Charing Cross Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.17557, 18.04819 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2.1 MI SW OF BELFIELD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarendon(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Clarendon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 8.75-24.18% CU, UP TO 1 OZ. AVERAGE (22 SAMPLES): AU, 0.163 OZ/TON
Result AG, 10.5 OZ/TON
Result (44 SAMPLES): 23.46% CU. BASED ON WORK FROM ALL EXPOSURES IN THE DISTRICT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Mixed Clastic/Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.17557, 18.04819
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.41M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Clarendon Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wheal Jamaica Copper Co.
    First year 1854
    Last year 1857
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jamaica Consolidated Copper Co.
    First year 1906
    Last year 1909
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jamaica Mining Ltd.
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • APPARENTLY FROM STAMFORD HILL, GOLD, AND FRIENDSHIP MINES; MOST FROM CHARING CROSS.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1909
    Total resources 719000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 22.45 wt-pct Copper Major 1909

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONGO HILL: 1,332,000; VICTORIA MINE: 66,500; SYLVIA MINE: 50,000; IVA MINE: 19,800; ELMA MINE: 16,500, RESERVES ESTIMATED FOR THE DISTRICT; REEXAMINED IN 1926 AND THIS ESTIMATE WAS CONSIDERED EXAGGERATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, TUNNELS, CROSS-CUTS.

Comments on development

  • JAMAICA CONSOLIDATED DID 4356 FT OF UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION IN CUTTINGS AND MINES CALLED CONGO HILL, VICTORIA MINE, IVA MINE, ELMA MINE, CLARISSA, VICTORIA SHAFT, AND CYRIL. THE RELATION OF THESE TO THE THREE MINES IN CHARING CROSS IS NOT CLEAR. REOPENED ADITS IN 1958, FOUND CHALCOPYRITE (MASSIVE) OVER 18 IN OVER LENGTH 300 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZANS, V.A., 1951, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA, B.W.I., BULLETIN NO. 1, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ZANS (1951).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF MINERALIZATION IN THE DISTRICT: (1) QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS WITH MASSIVE CHALCOPYRITE CUTTING VOLCANIC ROCKS WITH SOME GOLD AND SILVER, (2) LOW GRADE DISSEMINATIONS AND STRINGERS WITH A HIGH PYRITE TO CHALCOPYRITE RATIO; (3) REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS OF COPPER MINERALS IN SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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