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Barbecue River

Occurrence in Saint Andrew, 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096027
MRDS ID TC37341
Record type Site
Current site name Barbecue River
Alternate or previous names Mavis Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.64416, 18.0068 (WGS84)

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

  • ON SOUTH FLANK OF BARBECUE RIVER WITHIN PORT ROYAL MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Blue Mountain Inlier;
    Rock description Blue Mountain Inlier;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.64416, 18.0068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name MAVIS BANK
    Dip }

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOIL SAMPLE ANOMALY OVER 1000 PPM COLD EXTRACTABLE CU OVER AREA OF 100,000 SQUARE YARDS. LIES IN CENTER OF WAGWATER-NEWCASTLE PRE-MIOCENE GRABEN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mavis Bank Iron Ore Co.
    First year 1957
    Last year 1962

Comments on development

  • BARBECUE RIVER- 1966-1967 DRILLING PROGRAM BY JAMAICAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: INCLINED HOLE WITH 0.4% CU OVER 77 FT WITH 20% CORE RECOVERY, 0.3% CU OVER 135 FT WITH 13% CORE RECOVERY. COMINCO AND CAN-TROPIC EXPLORATION LTD. IN 1969. MAVIS BANK- GROUND MAGNETOMETER STUDIES BY JAMAICAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

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: SPECIAL ISSUE 1982 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.

  • Deposit

    OCEANIC EXPLORATION COMPANY, 1969, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NOV. 3, 1969, P.11.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 0: IN SHALES, CONGLOMERATES, GRITS AND TUFFACEOUS MUDSTONES. ORE BODY 1: DISSEMINATED TO MASSIVE MAGNETITE WITH MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE SKARN, VEINS, AND DISSEMINATED IN LIMESTONE AT CONTACT WITH DACITE PORPHYRY.

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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