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Castleton-Ginger River Area

Occurrence in Saint Mary, Jamaica with commodity Copper
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096026
MRDS ID TC37335
Record type Site
Current site name Castleton-Ginger River Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.82029, 18.16512 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Mary(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Mary

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF CASTLETON, BETWEEN GINGER RIVER AND WAGWATER RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 600 X 4.4 FT ORE ZONE: 1.36% CU, 0.3% CU INTERSECTION AT 500-506 FT IN DRILL HOLE
Result OTHER CORE UP TO 20.35% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Newcastle Volcanics
    Rock description Newcastle Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.82029, 18.16512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip STEEP W
    Thickness 1.34M
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED FRACTURES IN VOLCANIC PORPHYRY, SOME DISSEMINATION OF SULFIDES; ZONE MAY REPRESENT THE UPPER SURFACE OF A LAVA FLOW HYDROTHERMALLY MINERALIZED; MINERALIZATION JUST BELOW GROUND LEVEL PARALLEL TO TOPOGRAPHY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joubin And Associates
    Home office Toronto, Canada
    First year 1961
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jamaica Geological Survey-Un Blue Mountains Drilling Project
    First year 1970

Comments on development

  • JOUBIN DRILLED NO DEEPER THAN 113 FT (6 HOLES), UN PROJECT DRILLED 8 HOLES.

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

Reporter information

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

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