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Connors

Occurrence in Saint Catherine, Jamaica with commodities Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063582
MRDS ID TC37436
Record type Site
Current site name Connors
Alternate or previous names Includes Ginger Ridge, Geo Hill, Camel Hill, Simons, Black River Anomalies

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.1628, 18.07236 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Catherine(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Catherine

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR TOWN OF CONNORS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Ginger Ridge Stock
    Rock description Ginger Ridge Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.1628, 18.07236
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN LINEAR ZONE, GOLD AND COPPER MINES (GOLD MINE AND STAMFORD HILL) 5-6000 FT TO SW. THIS ZONE TESTED AT CONNORS BY 900 FT INCLINED DRILL HOLE. BEST VALUES IN 185 FT INTERSECTION OF 0.45% CU.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connors, Bellas Gate

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 362000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.75 wt-pct Copper Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED RESERVE BY GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING AND SURVEYS LIMITED FOR CONNORS.

Comments on development

  • CAMEL HILL, GEO HILL, SIMONS, GEOCHEM AND GEOPHYSICAL ANOMALIES DISCOVERED BY GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING SURVEYS LTD. (1957-1967). SIX HOLES AND SIX MORE HOLES IN 1969. DRILLED IN 1957-1958 BY JAMAICA MINING LTD. FOUND VALVES BELOW 0.5% CU, ONE SECTION OF 40 FT OF 0.87% CU. FROM SURFACE 0-100 FT, 0.30% CU AVERAGE GRADE (NO ENRICHMENT); 100-125 FT, 0.62% CU (SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT); 125-300 FT, 0.28-.62% CU (PRIMARY ORE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KESLER, S.E., LEVY, ENRIQUE, AND MARTIN F., CECILLIA, 1990, METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, VOL. H, P. 459-482.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, U.C., 1991, UNPUBLISHED FILES.

  • Deposit

    OCEANIC EXPLORATION COMPANY, 1969, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NO. 3, 1969, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    FENTON, A.D., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE CONNORS PORPHYRY COPPER PROSPECT, ST. CATHERINE, JAMAICA, MS UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, P. 82-89.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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