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Morne Bossa

Occurrence in Haiti with commodities Gold, 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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065831
MRDS ID TC41262
Record type Site
Current site name Morne Bossa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.81627, 19.40062 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 KM S OF CAP-HAITIEN NEAR MILOT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Comments on the location information

  • OCCURS ON 90 M HIGH HILL OF SAME NAME.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathered And Lateritized With Gossan.

Analytical data

Result UP TO 1.76% CU
Result 0.20 G/MT AU IN SULFIDE MINERALIZATION, IN GOSSAN 1.45 TO 20 G/MT AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.81627, 19.40062
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 295M
    Width 100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1978
Discoverer Un

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 1300000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.8 g/mt Gold Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 2243000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.84 g/mt Gold Major 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) RESERVES WITH 0.50 G/MT AU CUTOFF GRADE. ORE (2) PROBABLE GEOLOGICAL RESERVE WITH 0.30 G/MT AU CUTOFF GRADE. ORE (3) PROBABLE GEOLOGICAL RESERVE WITH 1.0 G/MT AU CUTOFF GRADE. ORE (4) RESERVE WITH 0.5 G/MT AU CUTOFF GRADE.

Comments on development

  • 8 EXPLORATION HOLES DRILLED IN 1978 BY UN; 44 HOLES (2771.4 M) TOTAL BY 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V.C., 1986, UNPUBLISHED FILES OF UN DATA, 13, MARCH 1986

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    HOLLISTER (UNDP) (1986).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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