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Lower Mine Springs Showings

Occurrence in Saint Mary, Jamaica with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063498
MRDS ID TC37337
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Mine Springs Showings
Alternate or previous names Ugly River, Top Showing, Mine Spring

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.80834, 18.19874 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI ESE OF DEVON PEN ON ANNOTTO BAY-KINGSTON HIGHWAY PARALLEL TO MINE SPRING TRIBUTARY OF UGLY RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Mary(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Mary

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.02 TO 0.15 OZ/TON
Result 1961 SAMPLING GAVE CU BELOW 5% CU, AU IN QUARTZ VEIN 0.78 OZ/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Wagwater Formation
    Rock description Wagwater Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.80834, 18.19874
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.38M
    Length 12.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Checklin (Joubin Associates)
    First year 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FENTON, ALLISON, 1987, THE (NON-BAUXITE) METALLIC MINERAL POTENTIAL OF JAMAICA IN PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP ON THE STATUS OF JAMAICAN GEOLOGY 14-16 MARCH, 1984, ED. R. AHMAD: SPECIAL ISSUE 1987 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 269-281.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PB, ZN OCCURS IN "TOP SHOWING" APPARENT HAS AN ADIT IN IT (100 FT WEST OF BOTTOM SHOWING).
Deposit Discovery Year: 19TH CENTURY

Reporter information

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

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