| Deposit ID | 10085134 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W700677 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Meme Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Roche Glisse and Des Hommes Mines From Pre-1924, Sedren |
| Geographic coordinates: | -72.75101, 19.57728 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 400 |
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 32 MILES SW OF CAP-HAITIAN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Haiti(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Haiti |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Digenite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hedenbergite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Idocrase | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Scapolite | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Model code | 59 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18b |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 8 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| Rock unit name | Colombier Volcanic Sequence |
| Rock description | Colombier Volcanic Sequence |
| (1) | -72.75101, 19.57728 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Terre-Neuve Mountains Form Double Plunging Anticline Cored By Quartz Monzonite Stock. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Meme Fault (Nw-Se) Offsets Original Deposit 2000m To Nw Into Casseus And Meme Deposits. |
| General form | LENS, DISSEMINATED, VEINLETS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 39.01M |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Width | 19.81M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1956 |
| Discoverer | Consolidated Halliwell Ltd |
| Year of first production | 1957 |
| Year of last production | 1988 |
| District name | Terre-Neuve District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sedren, S. A. |
| Year | 1967 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1957-1967 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2-3% Cu | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700677 |
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.
CIMRI
KESLER (1968), MIN. MAG (1989).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LARGE LIMESTONE BLOCK ENCLOSED IN QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSION WITH SKARN DEVELOPED ALONG THE CONTACTS. TWO SKARNS, ONE A MARBLE DERIVED SKARN, THE OTHER FORMED IN THE INTRUSION. THREE TYPES OF ORE: (1) MASSIVE CHALCOPYRITE-PYRITE LENSES IN MARBLE (ABOUT 20% OF ORE); (2) CHALCOPYRITE-BORNITE DISSEMINATED, MASSES ABOUT 50% ORE. (3) VEINLETS (0.1-15 CM THICK, 1-20 CM APART) (ABOUT 30% OF ORE) OF BORNITE-CHALCOCITE. |
| Deposit | EMPLACEMENT DEPTH 1-2 KM (250-600 BARS), UPPER TEMPERATURE RANGE 520-640 DEGREES C BASED ON WOLLASTONITE AND HEAT FLOW CALCULATIONS, LOWEST NEAR 250 DEGREES C; ESTIMATE FO2 OF FLUIDS DECREASED FROM 10-15 TO 10 EXP -35 ATM. AND FS2 FROM 10-4 TO 10 EXP -11 ATM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-89 | Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-92 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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