John Crow Gully - Good Hope Mountain

Occurrence in Saint Andrew, Jamaica with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063613
MRDS ID TC37470
Record type Site
Current site name John Crow Gully - Good Hope Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.68695, 18.09291 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI S OF STAFFORD HALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Andrew(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Andrew

Comments on the location information

  • IN JOHN CROW GULLY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES OF NW SLOPE OF GOOD HOPE MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.68695, 18.09291

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NS
    Dip 50S
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO ABUNDANT IRON OXIDE BOULDERS UP TO 12 X 3 X 4 FT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.