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Mt. Teviot - Farm Hill - Mt. Hibernia Area

Occurrence in Saint Thomas, Jamaica with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096030
MRDS ID TC37379
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Teviot - Farm Hill - Mt. Hibernia Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.63583, 18.04986 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Relative position ABOUT 1200 FT N OF PENLYNE CASTLE .

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Thomas(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Thomas

Comments on the location information

  • ON SW SLOPES OF BLUE MOUNTAINS, EAST FLANKS OF GREEN RIVER VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ACCESS IS DIFFICULT, TAKES HIGH POLISH AND HAS ATTRACTIVE COLOR PATTERN WHEN CUT PARALLEL TO FOLIATION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Chert Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Analytical data

Result INSOLUBLE RESIDUE, 5-10% OF ROCK.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.63583, 18.04986
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 30 NE
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 914.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEDDES, A.J.S., 1987, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS IN JAMAICA - AN OVERVIEW IN PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP ON THE STATUS OF JAMAICAN GEOLOGY, 14-16 MARCH, 1984, SPECIAL ISSUE 1987 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 225-248.

  • Deposit

    FENTON, ALLISON, 1987, A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE DIMENSIONSTONE POTENTIAL OF JAMAICA IN PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP ON THE STATUS OF JAMAICAN GEOLOGY, 14-16 MARCH, 1984, SPECIAL ISSUE 1987 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 249-258.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE, FINE-GRAINED, EVEN-TEXTURED, WHITE TO GRAY, TAKES A HIGH POLISH, LENGTH 3000 FT +/- DISCONTINUOUS BETWEEN MOUNT HIBERNIA AND STRAWBERRY HILL; INTERBEDDED WITH GREENSCHISTS; DISRUPTED BY TRANSVERSE FAULTS.

Reporter information

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

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