CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
338 Jamaica 18.08 N -- 076.38 W Phillips Gully Cu; Co
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Phillips Gully
Political location(s): Jamaica; Nearest community: Barbecue River
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in sandstone
Commodities: Cu; Co
Geological ages: Early Eocene (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:sandstone
mudstone
grit
Host rock stratigraphy:Wagwater Formation

(2) volcanic; unclassified volcanic rocks
Individual lithologies:volcaniclastics (tuffaceous layers)
Host rock stratigraphy:Wagwater Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone; occurrence of academic interest only due to limited extent
References:
Fenton, A. D., 1979
Copper Prospects of Jamaica - A Geological Review
Bulletin, Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Mining and Natural Resources, Kingston, Jamaica, Publication code 9, 225 p.

Hughes, J. G., 1973
The Mineral Resources of Jamaica
Bulletin, Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Mining and Natural Resources, Kingston, Jamaica, Publication code 8, 89 p.


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